7.3.1 Situation Analysis Although there are some initiatives aimed at deploying broadband in Nigeria, many challenges remain, especially with the deployment of a national fiber optic based network to distribute approximately 10 terabytes of capacity already delivered to landing points in Nigeria. Therefore, there is an urgent need to accelerate the pace of ongoing efforts, and also to introduce new initiatives to address this and other challenges. This is necessary for the actualization of the developmental goals of vision 20:2020. The Government will therefore pursue, by the end of 2017, a five-fold increase in broadband penetration over the 2012 penetration rate. 7.3.2 Objectives i. To accelerate the penetration of reasonably priced broadband Internet in the country; ii. To foster broadband usage for national development; and iii. To ensure the rapid development of a broadband policy support and implementation framework. 7.3.3 Strategies The Government will: i. Provide periodic review of the broadband penetration targets in order to determine further action for broadband expansion; ii. Promote both supply, and demand side policies that create incentives for broadband backbone and access network deployment; iii. Facilitate broadband development and deployment, leveraging on existing universal service frameworks; iv. Provide special incentives to operators to encourage them to increase their investment in broadband rollout; v. Promote e-Government and other e-services that would foster broadband usages; vi. Enhance the equitable distribution of the value and/or benefits of telecoms infrastructure (in general) and broadband (in particular) amongst the Nigerian population; !"#$%&"'()*+(,%'$-.(/(0120( ( ( ,"34(51(