The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Danbatta, has declared that all is set for the rollout of 5G services across the country.
The NCC boss said all that was required of it as a regulator had been done, remaining the green light from the Federal government to roll out the services soon.
The EVC made the revelation during the public inquiry on the draft frequency spectrum (fees and pricing, and annual operating levy regulations held on Thursday, in Abuja.
Prof Danbatta said this followed a series of pre-trial exercises earlier carried out by MTN and Airtel networks, which justified the commission’s decision to commence the rollout plan across the nation.
He further explained that the commission had already submitted a proposal for the rollout of 5G to the federal government for approval since the prerogative lies solely with the Federal government to do so.
Three frequency bands required for 5G coverage had been assigned for the deployment, according to Danbatta, who pointed out that the country could not afford to be left behind by progressive countries across the world that had adopted the technology.
