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- 14 Dec 2021
5G License: Bashir and Mafab Communications Connections
Mafab Communications Ltd., is a little known local provider of telecom services, that edged out Airtel on Monday at the auction for one of the two slots of the 3.5GHz spectrum for the Fifth…
- 15 Dec 2021
5G Auction: NCC not Aware of Senator Bola Tinubu’s Connection to Mafab Communications Ltd
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said it was not aware of Senator Bola Tinubu, national leader of ruling All Peoples Congress (APC) connection to Mafab Communications Ltd, the winner of…
- 24 Feb 2022
3.5GHz Spectrum: MTN, Mafab Pay for Licences
MTN Communications Nigeria Plc and Mafab Communications Limited, have made their full payment of $273.6 million each for the 5G Spectrum license to the Nigerian Communications Commission. Dr.…
- 14 Dec 2021
5G: Mafab, MTN Emerge Winners in Nigeria's 3.5GHz Spectrum Auction
After 11 rounds of bidding that lasted eight hours, Mafab Communications Ltd and MTN Nigeria Plc, have emerged the two successful winners of the 3.5 gigahertz (GHz) spectrum auction for the…
- 21 Aug 2022
NCC Grants Mafab 5 Months Extension to Roll Out 5G Network
Mafab Communications, one of the two telecommunication firms that won the 5G spectrum licences in December 2021, has been issued a five-month extension for its roll out by the Nigerian Communications…
- 8 Feb 2022
5G: MTN Pays Balance of $273.6m for License
MTN Nigeria has paid balance of the $273.6 million 5G license fee to the federal government, even before the February 24, deadline, according to information on the website of the Nigerian…
- 29 Dec 2021
ITU to Maximise Global Impact of 5G Rollout
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations specialised agency for information and communication technologies (ICTs), that is driving global innovation in ICTs, has formed a…
- 2 Dec 2021
5G Network: NCC Clears 3 Bidders for 3.5Ghz Spectrum Auction
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced that three telecoms companies have qualitied as approved bidders of the forthcoming 3.5 gigahertz (Ghz) spectrum auction for the deployment…
- 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…
- 26 Mar 2024
NCC Reports Sluggish Growth in 5G Penetration, 3 Years after Adoption
A recent industry report released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has revealed that 5G penetration grew from 0.12 per cent in May 2023 to 1.11 per cent in January 2024. In…
- 25 Jul 2022
Airtel Africa Buys Kenyan Network Spectrum after Losing Nigeria’s 5G to MTN, Mafab
Airtel Africa has purchased additional spectrum in Kenya to extend its operation in the country, eight months after the company lost the 5G bid to its rivals in Nigeria. The telecommunications firm…
- 4 Mar 2022
5G: Exciting Opportunities and Benefits Await Firms, Digitally-Inclined Nigerians
Strong indications have emerged that businesses and corporations in Nigeria are warming up to leverage the high-speed, capacity and low latency features of the forthcoming Fifth Generation (5G)…
- 30 Jan 2025
Nigeria Records over 4m 5G Subscriptions after 2 Years
The total number of mobile subscriptions on Nigeria’s 5G network grew to 4.05 million in December 2024, two years after MTN Nigeria first launched the network. This is as the total number of mobile…
- 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…
- 24 Jun 2022
Collaboration Key Success Path in 5G Deployment in Nigeria, Says Danbatta
Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has stated that industry collaboration is very essential to successful deployment of 5G Services in…
- 24 May 2023
Buhari Allegedly Waives N70b Spectrum Fee for Telcos
Facts have emerged on how President Muhammadu Buhari, through the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), allegedly waived over N70 billion in…
- 11 Mar 2024
MTN Nigeria Invests $120m to Boost 5G Coverage, Plans Further Expansion
Mr. Modupe Kadri, chief financial officer, MTN Nigeria has revealed that the company invested over $120 million in expanding 5G coverage in the last two years. These investments boosted 5G coverage…
- 20 Dec 2023
Pay TV Subscribers Ask FG to Break Monopoly of Multichoice
Association of Telephone, Cable Tv and Internet Subscribers of Nigeria (ATCIS) has told the Federal Government, to break the monopoly of Multichoice in order to create a level playing field for…