Different satellite builders and service providers across the world are at the moment polishing their briefcases ready to storm Nigeria to slug it out for who grabs the contract to build the country's second communications satellite.
According to reliable sources, the process of getting the second and possibly third satellites off ground would begin immediately after the launch of NigComSat-1R later in the year.
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