Jim Ovia, chairman of Visafone, has returned the “digital dividend”
frequency spectrum secretly issued to him by former President Goodluck
Jonathan, Technology Times has reported. The ICT newspaper had recently
reported the controversial “gifting” of the lucrative spectrum to Mike
Adenuga’s Globacom and Ovia’s Cyberspace by Jonathan.
Ovia,
according to Technology Times, wrote to the Nigerian Communications
Commission (NCC), the telecoms regulatory body, offering to return the
spectrum. His request was promptly granted and his N3 billion payment
was refunded. The frequency is expected to command a higher price in an
open bidding.
“Digital dividend” is highly coveted by telecoms
companies across the world as it enables them to launch a faster mobile
broadband service. The spectrum is available after the migration of
broadcasting from analogue to digital, thereby freeing part of the
electromagnetic spectrum previously used for broadcasting.
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