MTN Nigeria has disclosed it readiness for the deployment of Fifth Generation network in Nigeria, but awaits the Federal Government to auction the spectrum licence on which its 5G technology deployment would ride.
Its Chief Technical Officer, Muhammed Rufai, who spoke during the gifting to some of the winners of the 20 Honda HRV cars the company put on offer to some of its customers to commemorate the company’s two decades of operations in the country, said the company had successfully carried out the trial of the technology in the country and was therefore ready to hit the ground running as soon as the coast was clear.
In 2019, President Muhammadu Buhari had endorsed the trial of 5G technology at the MTN first live demo of 5G network in Abuja.
Represented on the occasion by the Minister of Communications and Digital Technology, Dr Isa Pantami, the president had expressed delight to be part of the historical moment, stressing that migration from 4G to 5G would be a revolution in the industry.
Buhari directed Pantami to address the challenges facing the telecoms sector systematically, adding that an executive order was in the pipeline to consider Telecommunications Infrastructure as critical national assets.
“We are working day in day out to make sure that the environment is conducive for people to do their businesses.
“This administration is passionate about developing Nigeria’s Information Communication Technology (ICT) Sector which contributes more than Oil and Gas to GDP,” Buhari said.
Source: Thenation
