NIGCOMSAT-2A, 2B: $2bn satellites may trigger broadcast, broadband boom in 2028

By Prince Osuagwu, Hi-Tech Editor
If the timeline set by the Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited, NIGCOMSAT, for the deployment of its two new communications satellites remains on course, Nigeria’s broadcast and broadband sectors could be heading for a major capacity boom by 2028.
That prospect received a major boost at the weekend after the Federal Executive Council, FEC, approved the acquisition and deployment of NIGCOMSAT-2A and NIGCOMSAT-2B, a next-generation satellite programme