NCC has officially reported Google to the Federal Government for operating Google Free Wi-Fi illegally in the country.
Google free Wi-Fi was launched last year in a bid to improve access to internet connectivity in the country.
It was first launched in Lagos, and then Abuja. Google’s plan is to make available free Wi-Fi facilities in about 200 sites in Lagos and five other states in Nigeria this year 2019.
10 million Nigerians, including Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are expected to benefit immensely from this project. The other states are Kaduna; Port Harcourt (Rivers state); Ibadan (Oyo state); Enugu and Abuja.
However, according to a recent reports, NCC has accused the search engine giant of evading regulatory oversight in the expansion of Google Station across Nigeria. The regulatory body has reportedly called the attention of the Federal Government in a letter to the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC).
There are several other irregularities in the structure under which Google presently provides its free public Wi-Fi for which the Commission requested it to provide information that will clarify certain issues that have cropped up in the course of trying to streamline its usage of Short Message Service (SMS) for user authentication.
NCC also claims that Google doesn’t own an Internet Service Provider (ISP) license in the country. Google also fail to pay its Nigerian partners that it had presented as licensees of NCC and dealing with companies illegally providing SMS services.
Should NCC succeed in lincensing Google Station, it could serve as an avenue for revenue generation for the government agency as well as protecting local players.
NCC don’t want us to enjoy free WiFi. Nawa o.
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Omo see as allegations plenty…
Google oya do the needful…
Bad belle people…..make them face all dis our thief thief network
Enemies of progress.
They don’t want us to enjoy freebies
Am sure Nigeria is not the first country to have Google free wifi. But Nigeria is Nigeria
See enemies of progress o. This guy’s on their own give us free browsing because them no Roja una, una want stop am. God no go gree
Let be realistic here
Can any Nigerian company go To USA ?? and provide free WiFi there without facing any issue with American Gotv ?
Let google do the needful and right things
This ncc na wao. Thing dy can’t even provide
Okay it is understood that they have to follow legal guidelines in the country of operation. Let them do it and not be discourage in their mission. That wifi is needed.
Am beginning to think the Nigerian governmemt doesnt love the good of her citizens especially the poor masses
Nigeria will always different in anything
This Country must move forward by forces-is Either internet service Providers have seen the great fall of their high subscription charges and have started complaining. Holy ghost fire
Guess they didn’t settle them na
huge bad Belle filled with dirt and filth. pathetic. they haven’t tackled our telcos and their issues it’s Google they wanna focus on.
Ncc make una leave mtn alone
Make ncc leave Google alone