NCC To Ensure Effective Deployment Of 5G To Cover Major Urban Areas By 2025 – Pantami

NNC To Ensure Effective Deployment of 5G To cover Major Urban Areas By 2025 – Pantami

Iexclusive News Nigeria reports that the Nigerian communications commission (NCC) has said that it will ensure effective development of 5G to cover major urban areas in Nigeria by 2025.

Speaking on his keynote speech during the Stakeholders’ Engagement Forum held on Thursday in Lagos, the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami said the purpose of this gathering therefore, is to discuss the Information Memorandum on the Auction of the 3.5GHz Spectrum Band allocated for deployment of 5G network in Nigeria.

According to the Minister the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved a National 5G Policy for Nigeria’s Digital Economy on September 8, 2021.

“Among other mandates the Policy stipulated is the collaboration with relevant stakeholders and provision of the required spectrum and enabling environment to ensure full deployment of 5G. This will harness the social and economic benefits that come along with it, and will serve as a catalyst for the successful implementation of our National Digital Economy Development and Strategy (NDEPS) for a Digital Nigeria.

In the implementation of the Policy, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), under the supervision of the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy (FMCDE), is saddled with the responsibility of developing strategies, standards, guidelines and frameworks for the deployment of the 5G networks nationwide.” Pantami said.

He also said that to ensure a coordinated approach, the Commission has been directed to not only collaborate with relevant agencies under the Ministry, but with all other relevant stakeholders in order to achieve the aims and objectives of the Policy.

“Further to the above, it is interesting to note that, the Policy is designed and formulated to achieve many other goals, a few amongst which are:to ensure effective deployment of 5G to cover major urban areas by 2025;to ensure security of 5G ecosystem and the protection of data;to ensure that international best practices and globally accepted standards and specifications are entrenched in Nigeria’s 5G ecosystem; and to ensure that the required infrastructure needed for successful deployment of 5G networks such as data centres, power, etc, are catered for in deployment strategies of 5G networks.” He said.