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PRESS STATEMENT

NCC Issues Final Letters of Licence Awards to 5G Spectrum Winners

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has confirmed issuance of the final letters of award of the Fifth Generation (5G) Spectrum Licences to MTN and Mafab Communications, winners of the 3.5GHz spectrum auction conducted by the Commission on Monday, December 13, 2021.

Management of the Commission led by its Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta confirmed this to the Board of Commissioners at the Board's Special Meeting, which took place on Wednesday, April 20 and Thursday, April 21, 2022, where the Board considered updates from Management on the status of the spectrum auction.

With the issuance of the final letters of awards of 5G spectrum and in line with the Auction's Information Memorandum (IM), the two licensees are now expected to accelerate deployment of 5G network that will usher Nigeria into a more robust Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and a more digitised Nigerian economy.

In line with the terms and conditions of the 5G license, the licensees are expected to commence roll out 5G services effective from August 24, 2022.

The 5G network, when deployed, will bring a lot of benefits and opportunities that will engender accelerated growth and smart living in the country. The technology is also expected to bring substantial network improvements, including higher connection speed, mobility and capacity, as well as low-latency capabilities.

Following a transparent, diligent, fair and credible auction of 3.5GHz on December 13, 2021, the National Frequency Managenent Council (NFMC), chaired by the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, had on February 22, 2022, officially handed over the spectrum allocation for 5G deployment as well as Federal Government-approved National Policy on 5G to the Commission.

Subsequently, the Commission, on February 24, 2022, confirmed the full payment of $273.6 million each by the two spectrum winners, in addition to spectrum assignment fee paid by MTN, for the 5G spectrum licence.

The Commission is optimistic that effective implementation of the National Policy on 5G will accelerate the actualisation of the national targets in the Nigerian National Broadband Plan (NNBP) 2020-2025, the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS) 2020-2030, as well as other sectoral policies designed to enhance Nigeria’s digital transformation.

While the licensees are expected to meet the timetable regarding their 5G network rollout obligations, the NCC requires collective efforts and support of the private-sector and government toward transforming every aspect of the nation’s economy through 5G, which will herald greater transformation than what the nation witnessed with the 1G, 2G, 3G and 4G.

SIGNED

Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde
Director, Public Affairs

May 4, 2022

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Misplaced priority.they can't guarantee ordinary 3g , they want to jump to 5g

Covid spectrum.....?

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Abfinest007:
Misplaced priority.they can't guarantee ordinary 3g , they want to jump to 5g

What's misplaced priority about this ?
If 4g is slow where you stay, then RELOCATE!

The back-door professor is doing well.

Value of 4G and 3G phones about to come crashing...

New buyers of 4G phones should hang on a little while for amazing deals...

Where are dose conspiracy Nigerians crying about 5G

Mofab an 'unknown' company. Welcome to Nigeria

NwaNimo1:
Covid spectrum.....?

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Better change your name to Nwagif1

Lol. So those conspiracies about 5g has ended. Stupidity and primitiveness sha. This na misplaced priority, I barely get 200kb/s on 4g, instead of una to focus on making 4g faster una wan bring 5g and also abandon it on the long run.

I hope this has got nothing to do with the mark of the beast?

Pastor Chris, over to you sir

LOL FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DEY ISSUE ITSELF 5G LICENSE

NIGERIA NA CRUISE ASWEAR

Ok

Even our 4g here is not comparable with some countries 3g

I don't even know why I am laughing

Ha! I plan to upgrade my Glo sim to 4G this week. That I am expected to suspend the plan

A good one..

Good one

Nonsense! Upgraded 3g, even 4g we never enjoyed it, this mtn follow bid for 5g after stealing our data by scam, I wonder what they will do to us with this 5g.

There's nothing more overhyped than 5G, since mmWave is apparently a failure. Sub 6 is very much 4G with buffs.

Danmboss:
Even our 4g here is not comparable with some countries 3g

So?

Pastor Chris Oyakilome once called it anti Christ bla bla bla.

Damnnn niggarrrr

When them never give us better 4G finish

This computer generations is fast improving.

How stupid those conspiracy theories sounded and is still sounding baffles one's mind. Like how dumb do you need to be to believe all those nonsense. Jerry Curl, this would be the best time to accentuate your claims and further brainwash those that follow you dogmatically.

Demonic network that year[s][/s]

4G phones about to drop in price sha