Transcript nigeria internet group seminar 220606

NIGERIA INTERNET
GROUP
THE ROLE OF INTERNET SERVICE
PROVIDERS
IN
UNIFIED
LICENSING REGIME
By Engr. Sam Adeleke (FNSE)
President, ISPAN
THE TRADITIONAL ISP
• Paid E-mail services (Ross
Clayton, Infoweb)
• Dial-up services (Linkserve,
Pinet, Cyberspace etc)
• Lease Circuit (Nitel 64 Kbps)
• Wireless Internet Service (Wi-Fi,
WiMax etc).
INTERNET SERVICE
DEVELOPMENT
BROADBAND INTERNET SERVICE
• Dial-up @ 56 Kbps
• High speed lease circuit @ 2
Mbps
• Wi-Fi / WiMax from 11 / 54 Mbps
• ADSL up to 2 Mbps
• Others
LICENSED ISP – THE
STATISTICS
• About 600 licensed by NCC
• Less than 10% in operation profitably
• Half of functional ones are operated
by Telecoms Operators
• Less than 100,000 Nigerians have
internet access outside of office and
cybercafe
• Average speed of access is 32 Kbps
• Concentration in Urban areas
INTERNET – THE
CATALYST OF
CONVERGENCE
• Internet is the vehicle for faster
integration of Voice, Data and
Video
• Internet Provides Cheaper Cost
of Infrastructure Roll out (e.g, IP
Switch)
• Consumer price crasher due to
Mass market.
ISP LICENCE – LOSING
THE FETTERS
• ISP licence restricted to internet
service delivery – data
• ISP Licence is dependent on other
Network provider wired or wireless
• ISP licence considered as Value
Added Service (and used as such by
other Telcos to subsidise their core
business)
• ISP licence are too many and
fragmented
UNIFIED LICENCE – THE
ISP ROLE
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Voice Over IP
Video on Demand
Music on Demand
Content Provision
Bandwidth on Demand
Mobility Challenge
SURVIVING THE
COMPETITION & SUSTAINING
THE TERRITORY
• Access to Capital Funds – an
impediment
• Rapid change in Technology – quick
obsolescence
• Relative high cost of CPE compared
with CDMA
• Mobility – LOS & NLOS
• QOS
• Speed and Bandwidth
• Public Orientation – diversified use of
internet
RESCUING THE
PERISHING
• State Accelerated Broadband
Initiative (SABI)
• Nigeria Internet Exchange (NIX)
• Installing Network Status – the
implications
• Numbering plan for VoIP
• Wire Nigeria project (WIN)
ISP – ROAD TO
RECOVERY
• Nigerian Internet Exchange
Point (NIX)
• Nigeria Wi-Fi Alliance
• Bulk IP wholesale – SAT3 &
VSAT
• State Accelerated Broadband
Initiative
THANK YOU
Engr. Sam. A. Adeleke
(C. Eng, MIEE, FNSE)
Managing Director / CEO
Steineng Limited, Ibadan.
President,
Internet Service Providers Association of Nigeria,
[email protected]
Tel : 02-7503300, 0803-308-4000