NCC Approves First 5G Network

• NCC Approves First 5G Network

The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) said it has approved the trial of Fifth Generation services.

Prof. Umar Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive, NCC, disclosed this during the first Digital African Week organised by the International Telecommunications Union in Abuja on Tuesday.

He said the commission was ready to kick-start the trial of 5G network in Nigeria.

“In this regard, we have approved spectrum for the trial of 5G services in the country,” he was quoted as saying.

It would be recalled that the commission, in 2018, said it had begun work on the necessary framework that would pave way for the implementation of 5G network in the country by 2020.

He added that “three spectrums – 26GHz, 38GHz and 42GHz – had been assigned for operators to use in the rollout of the advanced technology.”