TELECOMMUNICATION SECTOR TRANSFORMATION IN NIGERIAN

Efenedo, Gabriel I. and Otuagoma, Smith O.

Department of Electrical, Electronics & Computer Engineering

Delta State University, Abraka Oleh Campus Delta State

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this paper is to construct a vision of Nigeria telecommunication sector for the year 2030 that is about two decades from now. Development being a continuous process, the choice of the year 2030 is just an arbitrary division of time, a pre-defined time horizon to take stock of what is likely to be achieved. Process of change is often volatile and responsive to intervention and global circumstances impacting it. In such an inherently dynamic situation, it is convenient to assume that cross-country experiences incubate the most recent seeds of change. This is because countries at various stages of development encapsulate developmental experiences that occur with the passage of time. The agents of change, as observed from international perspective, have been broadly categorized into economic structure, competition policy and technology. Economic reforms and liberalization have driven telecommunication sector through several transmission channels of which these three categories are of major significance.