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Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) has finally made its first official statement about the course of 5G network in the Nation

While the 5G network has remained one of the most talked-about topics worldwide, it is very pathetic that Nigeria has not been privileged to do the same for a while now, until NCC finally breaks the long silence with a recent statement about the availability of the next generation network in the country.

One can easily assume that it will take a longer time to actually see the 5G network activated in a location like Nigeria, where 4G network ( the network to be succeeded) is still struggling to take a firm-hold across the Nation, let’s say in the next two, three, or five years at least. However, it may interest you to know that this impossible goal may be met even sooner than later as you will normally think.

The NCC informed in a previous statement that the State of Nigeria is now ready for the next-generation network (5G) for faster and efficient internet service, and while that may seem impossible to achieve, considering the current state of the present Network coverage, the Commission informed that it will soon audit the Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to determine their level of compliance with the regulation on the registration of Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Cards. How this will help in the availability of a 5G network in Nigeria is not very clear, however, it seems to be one of the important steps to take by NCC as of now.

According to the Commission’s Executive Commissioner for Stakeholder Management, Mr.Sunday Dare, he said that the NCC had been preparing the country for it by bringing together critical stakeholders to examine the legal. regulatory and technology issues, apart from developing a mere road map.

“We have opened up consultations on the spectrum for drones, etc. We are proactively leading discussions on the development of new technologies. This does not mean that we are going to discard the 2G, 3G or 4G. Each one of these levels of technologies has its benefits and the fact remains that you have to move from one level to the other,” Mr. Dare said.

Still, in the same conversation, Mr. Dare shed more light on the audit of the MNOs, and during the course of explanation, he emphasized on an exercise that took place sometimes in August 2015 where the regulatory body found that 5.2 million SIM cards were not properly registered by MTN Nigeria Communications Limited.

According to him, this single act of carelessness by MTN led to the imposition of N1.04tn fine on the mobile operator, before it was eventually reduced to N330bn. MTN completed the payment of the fine on May 24 thereafter. In addition, while the exercise was not to make money for the government it was rather an attempt to ensure that prescribed processes were complied with.

Speaking on broadband penetration, the NCC official said Nigeria has met the 30 percent milestone and has publicly released the data for everyone to interrogate.

“Those who say we have not are citing old reports from the ITU. They forget that NCC provides the data that ITU uses. We are the custodians of data, and we have specialized methods of measuring. Based on empirical data, we have met and surpassed the target,” he noted.

If you also think there is a possibility to see the 5G Network activated in Nigeria any moment soon, please share your reasons in the comments below.

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Better countries dey talk, dis ones sef dey chook mouth. Pls let's continue using our EDGE until we cross to 3G

empty barrel make d loudest noise that's d case of ncc

Yes we are ready..

Just change the 4g signal(3g in disguise) to 5g and we are good to go..

Funny people

useless NCC they will never say anything about Glo rubbish network

Weting concern Nigeria with 5G network,


Only some parts of Lagos use 4G, Nigerians should wait till 2030

Isinweke:
Weting concern Nigeria with 5G network,


Only some parts of Lagos use 4G, Nigerians should wait till 2030

lies bro, maybe those shithole states but 95% of Lagos is 4g covered