NCC reports improved network performance, cites $1bn investment, data-driven reforms

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has released its Quarter 4 2025 Network Performance Report, indicating a significant rise in national connectivity attributed to a $1 billion industry investment over the past year.

The Executive Vice-Chairman of the NCC, Dr. Aminu Maida, stated that the commission’s move toward transparent, data-driven regulation is now producing measurable benefits for subscribers.

“The data shows clear and steady improvements in network quality, particularly in median download speeds across both urban and rural areas, especially when compared to Q3 performance,” he said.

Dr. Maida highlighted a narrowing gap in video Quality of Experience between urban and rural areas and a strengthening 4G backbone.

He also acknowledged ongoing challenges, including 5G inconsistencies, upload inequality, and coverage gaps, assuring that the NCC is working with operators on spectrum optimization and stricter quality-of-service enforcement.

The Executive Commissioner, Technical Services, Engr. Abraham Oshadami, emphasized that the commission’s transparency push is yielding concrete advantages for consumers.

He noted that proactive data sharing has become a core principle, holding service providers accountable.

Oshadami said the NCC’s partnership with Ookla, which produced nationwide Network Coverage Maps as an objective tool for comparing operator performance.

During the engagement, NCC officials called on the media to act as strategic partners in communicating sector reforms. Mr. Oshadami urged journalists to critically engage with performance data to accurately report progress and accountability.

The Head of Public Affairs, Mrs. Nnenna Ukoha, described journalists as indispensable allies in growing Nigeria’s digital economy, asking for balanced reporting that covers both sector challenges and the innovations addressing them.

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Dele Fashomi

Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.

Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.

He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.

Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).

He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.

He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.

Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled:  Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.

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