A National Concession with the Federal Government of Nigeria
Assuring Nigeria’s telecom revenue, end to end.
3R Consortium holds a 15-year Public-Private Partnership concession from the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN), signed by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for and on the FGN’s behalf, to deploy the Expanded Revenue Assurance Solution (ERAS) platform — automating, monitoring, tracking, analyzing and reconciling Annual Operating Levy and Digital Services Revenue across Nigeria’s telecommunications industry and digital economy.
- PPP contract term
- 15 years
- Delivery model
- DFBOT
- Consortium partners
- 4
The mandate
A concession granted by the Federal Government of Nigeria
3RRAS was established as the Special Purpose Vehicle for the 3R Consortium to hold this concession and deploy a Revenue Assurance and Fraud Management infrastructure that keeps long-term, auditable records of the revenue accruing to the Federal Government from Nigeria’s telecommunications industry — closing the gap between what operators owe and what is actually collected. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) signed the concession for and on behalf of the FGN, sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Communications, Innovation & Digital Economy.
The project followed the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission’s (ICRC) Public-Private Partnership procurement process from 2015 through to a signed PPP Agreement in June 2022, under a Design, Finance, Build, Operate and Transfer (DFBOT) model. In 2023, following presidential approval to extend the platform’s reach into the digital economy, NCC and 3RRAS executed a Supplemental Agreement expanding the mandate and extending the PPP Term to 15 years.
Read the full timeline8 June 2022
Presidential approval to expand scope
President Muhammadu Buhari, on the recommendation of the Federal Ministry of Communications & Digital Economy, approves expanding the project to include monitoring of Nigeria's Digital Economy ecosystem — the genesis of the Expanded Revenue Assurance Solution (ERAS).
8 December 2022
ICRC certifies the Expanded Project's Full Business Case
ICRC issues a Full Business Case Compliance Certificate for the Expanded Revenue Assurance Solution (ERAS) project (Ref: ICRC/HQ/P/S.04/246/VOL.II/266).
15 February 2023
FEC approves the expanded scope
The Federal Executive Council approves amending the RAS project's scope to add the Digital Services Revenue (DSR) component covering Nigeria's Digital Economy ecosystem.
26 April 2023
Supplemental PPP Agreement (SPPPA) signed
NCC and 3RRAS execute the SPPPA, formally establishing the Expanded Project — two components (AOL and DSR) — and extending the PPP Term to 15 years.
The consortium
One Nigerian lead partner, three global technology partners
Nigeria
3R Company Nigeria Limited
Owner & Overall Project Management
Lead consortium partner and concessionaire, awarded the 15-year concession covering ERAS, with a professional team spanning telecommunications and the digital economy.
USA
Mobileum Inc.
Telecom Technology & Analytics Partner
Global leader in Revenue Assurance, Roaming, Testing & Monitoring, Security, Customer Engagement & Experience and Fraud Management — the lineage behind WeDo Technologies and SIGOS.
USA
mFino Inc.
Digital & Financial Technology & Analytics Partner
Global leader in Digital Service Revenue monitoring, AI-powered solutions and deep network analytics over banking and payment transactions.
USA
Airlinq Inc.
Monitoring & Support Partner
US-based company with expertise in telecommunications and the digital sector, providing a dedicated team for platform monitoring.
Questions about the ERAS platform or partnership?
Reach the 3R Consortium team in Abuja or Lagos.