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- 24 Feb 2020
NCC to Discuss Socio-Economic Benefits, Challenges of 5G at SMWL 2020
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is to host a special session on how the Fifth Generation (5G) networks will impact Nigeria’s socio-economic landscape and the inherent challenges to the…
- 27 Apr 2022
5G: Nigeria Requires Additional 167,000 kilometres of Fibre Infrastructure to Meet Ubiquitous Broadband Target - ipNX Business CEO
Segun Okuneye, Divisional CEO ipNX Business has said that Nigeria requires additional 167,000 kilometres of fibre infrastructure to fulfill its target of fifth generation network and ubiquitous…
- 26 Jan 2023
Mafab Telecommunication Launches 5G Network
Mafab Telecommunication Company on Tuesday inaugurated the Fifth Generation (5G) network and unveiled its logo in Abuja. Dr Mushabu Bashir, Chairman of Mafab, said the launch had added another…
- 26 Oct 2017
5G To Serve User Generations Divided By Digital Literacy Rather Than Age
By Peter Linder The fifth generation of mobile networks will be the first to serve five distinct human generations. The reason? Digital literacy… While in the past, we grouped generations into age…
- 10 Nov 2020
NCC Says Consultation for 5G Deployment Still Ongoing
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has hinted that deployment of Fifth Generation (5G) network is still under consultation with all relevant stakeholders. The telecommunication regulatory…
- 5 Apr 2020
COVID-19: No 5G License in Nigeria Yet- Pantami Clarifies
Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has clarified that no license has been issued for the deployment of Fifth Generation (5G) network services in Nigeria.…
- 12 Jul 2022
5G to Generate $13Tr Globally by 2030 - Akano
The 5G (fifth-generation network) technology which Nigeria would introduce next month shall create $13.2 trillion in the global economy by 2030, create 22 million jobs, and add $1.3 trillion to…
- 5 May 2020
Senate Begins Probe of True Status of 5G Network in Nigeria
Senate Tuesday resolved to probe the status of fifth generation (5G) network in the country. This followed the consideration of a motion sponsored by Senator Lilian Ekwunife (PDP, Anambra-Central)…
- 7 Jul 2020
MTN, Ericsson Mull Commercial 5G in Nigeria
MTN said the agreement it signed with Ericsson to launch 5G (Fifth generation) network would see it deploy the commercial service across Nigeria and other 20 operations. The operator disclosed this…
- 8 Jun 2020
ALTON Blames Negative Power of Social Media, Uninformed Persons for 5G Coronavirus Link
Negative use of the power of social media has been blamed over the amplification of porous claims by uninformed individuals who said that Fifth Generation (5G) Mobile Networks have links to…
- 10 Sept 2021
NACCIMA Commends FG’s Approval of 5G
The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) has commended the federal government’s approval of the Fifth Generation Network, commonly referred to as 5G…
- 2 Jan 2018
Ericsson Signs Funding Agreements for 5G Research
By peter oluka To enhance its research programme on fifth generation network technologies (5G), Ericsson has signed agreements for credit facilities with the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) for USD 220…
- 8 Sept 2021
FG Okays 5G Deployment in Nigeria
The Federal Executive Council has approved the National Policy on Fifth Generation (5G) Networks for Nigeria’s Digital Economy. Dr Femi Adeluyi, technical assistant on Information Technology to the…
- 10 Dec 2021
5G Deployment: NCC Conducts Mock Auction of 3.5 GHz Spectrum
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has successfully carried out a mock session for the 3.5 gigahertz (GHz) spectrum auction for the deployment of the Fifth Generation (5G) network in the…
- 21 Feb 2022
NCC Calls for Concerted Efforts to Achieve Deployment of 5G in Nigeria
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that the rollout of the Fifth Generation (5G) network in the country will require more infrastructure for the service to reach all parts of the…
- 13 Dec 2021
5G: FG to Pocket $546m as NCC Declares MTN, Mafab Winners of 3.5GHz Spectrum Auction
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has declared MTN Nigeria and Mafab Communications winners of the two slots of the 3.5GHz spectrum auction for the Fifth Generation (5G) network licenses. The…
- 9 Jul 2020
FG Says Report on 5G Deployment Ready but Needs Stakeholders Inputs
Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy, has said that the report on the deployment or otherwise of Fifth Generation (5G) network in Nigeria is ready but it will…
- 28 Feb 2020
NCC Says 5G’ Holds Great Potential for Nigeria’s Socio-Economic Development"
Nigeria will derive huge socio-economic benefits from commercial deployment of the Fifth Generation (5G) Networks, which will come with great potentials that will bolster Nigeria’s socio economic…
- 13 Dec 2021
Breaking...... Bidders Push 5G License to $224m Per Slot
After five rounds auctions for the for Nigeria’s Fifth Generation (5G) network license, the current bid price per lot of the 3.5GHz spectrum has now hit $224, 414, 217.43. The first round began at…
- 1 Feb 2022
5G Rollout: NCAA Allays Fears on Flight Operations
Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has allayed concerns over safe flight operations over the fifth generation (5G) mobile network rollout, saying there is no cause for alarm. This is coming…
- 3 Dec 2020
5G Forecast to Create Almost 23m Jobs within 15 years
With 5G-enabled job growth forecast to be 22.8 million globally over the next 15 years, the fifth-generation technology standard for broadband cellular networks is one of the major trends that will…
- 19 May 2020
Experts Reel Benefits of 5G, NCS Says Technology Will Improve Health
A cross section of public health and telecommunication experts have identified various ways the fifth generation (0therwise 5G) of network technology is helping many countries to fight the…
- 8 Nov 2021
eBusiness Life Takes A Deeper Look At the 5G Technology and What it Holds for Nigeria At 5G/GSM @20 Forum
As Nigeria is celebrating 20 years of deployment of Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), and the Federal Government has set in motion the deployment of the fifth generation (5G) technology,…
- 25 Feb 2021
5G is Threat to National Security- ONSA
Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) has expressed concern over the proposed licensing of the fifth generation of wireless communications technology network (5G) in the country, describing…
- 18 Jun 2021
Nweke Applauds NCC, NigComSAT Over MoU on Digital Cooperation
Mrs. Nkem Nweke, executive director, Operations at DigitalSENSE Africa, has applauded the recent Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Nigeria…
- 11 Oct 2021
NCC Sets Reserve Price for 5G Spectrum Auction @ $197.4m
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has set the reserve price for sale of Fifth Generation (5G) auction at $197.4 million for mobile network operators (MNOs). According the 5G auction draft…
- 21 Apr 2020
5G Network Can Create Over 3m Jobs – Expert
Dr Richard Okoye, an expert in medical science, and the President of Save-a-Life Foundation, has said that ‘5G’ network is not responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic which is currently ravaging the…
- 11 Nov 2022
Digital Connectivity Enhances Quality of Life – Danbatta
Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has said in Lagos that the quality of life is now being measured in terms of digital connectivity…
- 26 Feb 2016
Goodbye To 4G, Welcome 5G-The New Definition Of Speed
It is not uhuru yet for 5G or fifth generation of wireless technology. 4G is still the trend for now but its funeral is nigh as it will soon go moribund and replaced by 5G. In summary, 5G will…
- 21 Sept 2021
Fiber Optic Cables and the Coming 5G Revolution
In the near future, Nigeria, like every other country, will require the mass adoption of fifth-generation (5G) technology to get ahead. To achieve this, it will require supporting infrastructure.…