Pinnacle to handle Abuja DSO – NBC

The Pinnacle Communications Limited will serve as the signal distributor for the next phase of the Digital Switch Over (DSO) which is to take place in Abuja, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has said. Disclosing this at the weekend in Abuja during a meeting between the management team of Pinnacle and NBC top staff,  the […]

The Pinnacle Communications Limited will serve as the signal distributor for the next phase of the Digital Switch Over (DSO) which is to take place in Abuja, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has said.
Disclosing this at the weekend in Abuja during a meeting between the management team of Pinnacle and NBC top staff,  the NBC Director General Malam Is’haq Modibbo Kawu said the commission and the signal distribution company had settled the disagreement between them in the interest of Nigeria’s switch-over project.
Pinnacle has gone to court to challenge the breach of the DSO Whitepaper by the immediate past administration in the country.
But Malam Kawu said at the weekend that Pinnacle Communications Limited is fully back into the DSO process and would handle the next phase in Abuja and its environs.
“ I am happy to report that we have reached substantial agreement in the interest of Nigeria’s DSO. Pinnacle Communications Limited is fully back into the DSO process. Similarly, we have also taken a decision, going forwards, that Pinnacle Communications Limited, would serve as the signal distributors for the next phase of the DSO, for which we have tentatively chosen the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. That decision is a reflection of how far we have gone to remove distrust between the parties. It is also a vote of confidence in the ability of a Nigerian company, in this case, Pinnacle Communications Limited, to be part of a historic process, that of the transition from analogue to digital broadcasting in our country”, he said.
Speaking at the meeting, the Chairman of Pinnacle, Sir Lucky Omoluwa said the company would soon rollout equipment to begin work in order to meet the deadline billed for June 2017.
He said the company and its partners- GatesAir and Jampro both in the USA- were already on red alert and would deploy its equipment as soon as possible.
Though the next year’s deadline seems aggressive, he said, Pinnacle would work with the government to meet the deadline.