Broadbased Communications to Deploy $100 Mn Fiber Optic Network in Abia

Broadbased Communications has announced its deployment of fiber optic network in Umuahia, Abia state at a press conference this week. The Executive Director of the company Chris Erewele, said the project would cost $100 million, and will provide connectivity for e-government, e-medicine, e-agriculture, e-commerce, e-taxation, e-licensing, e-learning and many other services. “This network will enable Abia State to attract major foreign direct investments (FDI), create employment, increase state GDP, increase the state’s internally generated revenue (IGR) and enable the state to meet the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.”