Telecommunications firm, Mtn has revealed plans to close the Deployment of 5G Technology to expand its services in Nigeria.
According to Rufai,5G will make Business more efficient and enable consumers to have access to more information at every high data transfer speed.
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The operator says its plans would rely on the nigerian communications commission (NCC),which it described as the major determinant of 5G roll-out in Nigerian.
He noted that the company can only be gain to roll out 5G services in nigeria when spectrum is made available and licenses are issued.
“Having said that ,we are excited about the opportunities that 5G represents and eager to participate in the licensing process. The speed and latency that 5G offers users is very impressive, and opens up a wealth of responsibilities to leverage the internet of thinks and digital services in general” says Rufai at a tech platform monitored by the Guardian.
“We demonstrated some of those capabilities to customers and other stakeholders when we worked with the Federal Government to try 5G in Abuja,Lagos and calabar in 2019”
While the NCC has fixed #75 billion for 5g spectrum and licensing, the Federal Government is hoping for early deployment anytime from now.
The minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami,has earlier in the month announced the Government approval of 5g at the end of federal executive council September 8.
He says 5g roll out in Nigeria will be in phases, starting with major cities where is need for high quality broadband.
In other development,mtn Nigeria join the federal Government delegation to woos investors participating at this year’s edition of the us-nigerian investment summit, which was held September 17-18 , in new york city.
Toriaola who spoke at the event, highlighted opportunities in Nigeria’s success story as a reference.