The Chairman, Board of Commissioners of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Adeolu Akande, has said that the full deployment of 5G technology in the country would have a positive impact on Nigeria’s digital economy.
He said: “Spectrum plays a crucial part in realising the complete extent of these new capabilities. Therefore, 5G’s complete socio-economic impact depends on access to a variety of spectrum sources.
“This Spectrum will play an integral role in fulfilling the requirement for many enhanced mobile data services in addition to new wireless broadband cases like distant object manipulation, industrial automation, virtual and augmented reality and next-generation connectivity for the automobile.
“The 5G will build on this momentum, bringing substantial network enhancements, such as high connection rates, mobility and capacity, in addition to low-latency capabilities. In doing this, it enables new cases and applications that will positively impact unique businesses and improve efforts towards achieving electronic economies.”
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He praised the 2 agencies because of their foresight in the first installation of 5G from the country, including that the managements of NigComSat and NCC had taken a bold step in the right direction to release contagious quantum of Spectrum in the 3.5GHz band for the premature deployment of 5G.
This type of collaboration, he observed, sought to guarantee synergy among bureaus under the Federal Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy.”
According to him, the C-band is the most suitable and appropriate for immediate deployment of 5G solutions, taking into account availability of apparatus ecosystem with 60-70 per cent of global business 5G network setup currently in the band.
He, therefore, mentioned that the importance of this spectrum for the early installation of 5G providers in Nigeria can’t be overemphasised.
Danbatta stated that the two agencies have been in talks on how to relocate the operations of NG-1R to the standard C-band 300MHz (3.9GHz — 4.2GHz) potion of the group, which can be more appropriate in terms of satellite service offering since end-user terminals tend to be cheaper there while leaving the non-standard C-band 400MHz (3.5GHz — 3.9GHz) part of the group for 5G usage.
