Telecom regulator, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has issued a 14 day ultimatum to telecoms companies illegally using certain spectrum to quit or face sanctions.
According to the Commission, the use of any spectrum not duly licensed by any operator is illegal and the implication of that could lead to imprisonment of violators.
Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, emphatically warned all the unauthorized users of 5.470-5.725 gigahertz (GHz) spectrum band to quit from doing so, so as to avoid incurring the wrath of the law from the Commission.
“The Nigerian Communications Commission hereby informs the general public that the 5.4GHz band spanning 5.470 – 5.725 GHz frequency range is a licensed band in Nigeria,” the NCC boss said.
Danbatta said, the Commission will not tolerate any form of transmission of signals or use of equipment in any form on the band without a frequency license obtained from the NCC, adding that such activities are illegal.
He warned all concerned operators and companies or any person(s) using the band to note that it was a criminal offence pursuant to the section 122 of the Nigerian Communications Act (NCA), 2003 to operate on any frequency not duly assigned by the Commission.
