{"id":81961,"date":"2025-08-14T10:40:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T10:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/81961\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T10:40:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T10:40:08","slug":"nigerias-2-billion-fiber-project-aims-to-reshape-internet-landscape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/81961\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria&#8217;s $2 Billion Fiber Project Aims to Reshape Internet Landscape"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nigeria is set to launch its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/africa.us5.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=e6ed9b82c58d866f5444e7e64&amp;id=f5697bebe8&amp;e=d188bb7d30\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">most ambitious digital infrastructure project<\/a>\u00a0yet\u2014a 90,000km national fiber optic network aimed at breaking the dominance of mobile operators and reviving the country\u2019s struggling internet service providers (ISPs). Dubbed Project Bridge, the $2 billion initiative will create a 125,000km open-access backbone, linking all 774 local government areas and providing ISPs with critical middle-mile infrastructure. Backed by 11 state governments waiving right-of-way fees and funded through a public-private partnership, the project promises to boost competition and expand fixed broadband access nationwide. However, challenges remain. Past government fiber projects have underperformed, and critics warn that without last-mile metro fiber (connections from main networks to individual users), smaller ISPs may still struggle. With Nigeria\u2019s fixed broadband sector shrinking fast, Project Bridge could be a lifeline for the country\u2019s ISPs.<\/p>\n<p>techcabal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nigeria is set to launch its\u00a0most ambitious digital infrastructure project\u00a0yet\u2014a 90,000km national fiber optic network aimed at breaking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81962,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[174,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-81961","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internet","8":"tag-internet","9":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}