Demand and rights of way All efforts should be made not only to aggregate demand from government, but also to enforce rights of way. Demand aggregation can encourage operators to make broadband infrastructure investments in regions that they may otherwise consider commercially unviable. By demonstrating the demand for broadband services, operators may be convinced that there is a commercial case for investment. Governments and regulators can also take steps to ensure that operators are not dissuaded from investing in broadband networks because of high costs or lengthy delays for acquiring fibre rights-of-way. For example, the Nigerian Ministry of Communications and Technology announced in June 2013 that, in order to help implement its national broadband plan, it had reduced the time for a rights-of-way application to be processed and reduced the cost per kilometre2. Trends in Telecommunication Reform 2016 49 Annex 1