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Nigeria hopes to join the league of nations with live 5G services following issuance of frequency spectrum for trials of mobile network technology.

Nigeria enters 5G race

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Nigeria is joining league of nations with live 5G services, following issuance of frequency spectrum for trials of mobile network technology.

Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), dropped the hint to attendees at an international meeting of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) being hosted by the Commission at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.  

Danbatta says that NCC, the Nigerian telecoms regulator has approved dedicated spectrum for trial deployment of Fifth Generation (5G) services in the country.

The NCC chief who disclosed this in an opening remarks at the 1st Digital African Week organised by the ITU says NCC hopes to jump-start trial of 5G deployments in Nigeria. 

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Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), speaking at the international meeting of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) hosted by the Commission at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.  

The four-day conference, which began on Tuesday in conjunction with the Management of ITU-T Study Group 20 (SG20) and Study Group 5 (SG5) Regional Group for Africa Meeting, will allow all stakeholders in the emerging digital space to deliberate on the future technologies in Africa.

Danbatta identifies that evolving trends in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) ecosystem are giving rise to such technologies as Internet of Things (IoT) applications and smart cities and communities (SC&C), among others.

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“In this regard, we have approved spectrum for the trial of 5G services in the country,” he said, stressing that the licensing of seven infrastructure companies (Infraco) to deploy metro and inter-city fiber and broadband Point of Access with a minimum capacity of 10Gbps across the 774 Local Government Areas of Nigeria, is in line with the 8-point agenda of the Commission for the provision of ubiquitous broadband infrastructure across the country in the Next Level document.

Such a regulatory move is also consistent with Nigeria’s Vision 20:2020, which recognises the importance and imperatives of ICT, as part of the “new world order” and catalyst for sustainable socio-economic development.

The EVC emphasised that in line with its collaboration and strategic partnership drive, the NCC had taken steps to involve members of the academia as strategic stakeholders in its activities towards the development of the telecom sector by harnessing the research potentials in academia. 

Cross section of attendees at the the international meeting of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) hosted by the Commission at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.
Cross section of attendees at the the international meeting of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) hosted by the Commission at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.

“In this regard, the Research and Development Department of the NCC is collaborating with the Universities and other institutions of higher learning to develop the ICT sector.”

While restating the commitment of the NCC to continue to work hard to ensure that all citizens of Nigeria have access to affordable broadband connection irrespective of their circumstances or location, Danbatta said that the digital transformation agenda of the Federal Government is anchored on Availability, Accessibility and Affordability of broadband which the Commission is driving aggressively.

He further informed the audience that Nigeria had not only achieved but exceeded the 30 per cent penetration target set by the National Broadband Plan 2013-2018.

“At the end of June 2019, our broadband penetration stood at 33.31 per cent”, the NCC chief says.

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