The Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) on Monday said the fifth-generation network technology, 5G will be tested for three months in the country before actual approval and rollout.
The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, said this on the sideline of the Mobile and Disruptive Technology (MoDITECH) Forum 2019 in Lagos.
According to Danbatta, the trial of the 5G technology would enable the commission to see the key attributes it attained before approval.
The executive vice-chairman, represented by Engr Banko Wakil, said 5G was like a proof of concept to be carried out by operators with the existing frequency and spectrum.
He noted that as usual, proof of concept would be tested by all NCC major vendors in the country as the that commission stands part and parcel of the digital revolution in the country and had taken steps on the digital revolution and the major beneficiaries are the financial sector.
Danbatta said that there were emerging new technologies the commission needed to monitor before their full deployment.
”As such, there is need to put in place the right framework for the technology to rise technically. Very soon there will be the deployment of 4G in every city to make people in the rural area have access to reliable internet services,” he said.
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