Few days to the deployment of the Fifth-Generation (5G) network in Nigeria, investigations have shown that the licensees, MTN Nigeria and Mafab Communications, may not be ready to deploy the service...

Ericsson,  a multinational telecommunications company says it has partnered with French aerospace company Thales and wireless technology innovator Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. to take 5G into space. Ericsson in a statement on Monday said the space-based network could also be used as back-up support to terrestrial networks in the event of major network outages or disasters.…

• MTN assures on technology, rural connectivity Reiterating the August 24 date for the deployment of the Fifth-Generation (5G) network in Nigeria, the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has rallied the industry and urged stakeholders to collaborate for the success of the technology in the country.     …

MTN Nigeria on Thursday confirmed that it would roll out a 5G network by Aug. 24.

The Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) on Thursday said that stakeholders play a critical role in unlocking the vast potential of 5G.

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has issued final letters of award of the Fifth Generation (5G) spectrum licences to MTN and Mafab Communications as winners of the 3.5GHz spectrum auction conducted by the regulator on December 13, 2021.

MTN has revealed its readiness to roll out the fifth generation (5G) network service in the country by the second half of the year.

Key stakeholders in the Nigerian telecoms sector and beyond are set to brainstorm to actualise implementation of the National Policy on the Fifth-Generation (5G) technology in Nigeria to spur socio-economic gains.

Although the Fifth-Generation (5G) network is still in its early days and the full potential of the technology is far from being realised, the mobile industry is already preparing for what comes next given the typical 10-year technology cycle.

The Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) says that it is targeting one billion devices for the Five Generation (5G) network in the next two years.

Winners of the Fifth-Generation (5G) network licenses are to be handed the spectrum between now and the next six months, after which deployment of the technology is expected to begin in earnest.

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said provisional winners of the 3.5GHz spectrum licence, MTN Communications Nigeria Plc and Mafab Communications Limited...