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Isa Pantami, minister of communication and digital economy, says the fifth-generation (5G) cellular networks will be deployed in January 2022.

The minister made the announcement at a town hall meeting in Maiduguri, Borno state, on Thursday.

The meeting discussed ways to address the vandalism of power and telecommunications infrastructure.

In May, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) signed an agreement with the Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NigComSat) on the use of the C-band spectrum for 5G services in the country.

Two weeks ago, the federal executive council (FEC) authorised the deployment of 5G networks for Nigeria’s digital economy.

The minister was represented by Ubale Maska, NCC commissioner for technical services.

He said that the 5G technology would boost surveillance against criminal elements vandalising public assets across the country, adding that other measures should be put in place to arrest them and bring them to book.

Pantami explained that the need to deploy the modern system was due to the over 50,000 telecommunications sites across the country and about 16,000 outages recorded by mobile network operators (MTN, Glo, Airtel, 9mobile) between January 2021 and July 2021.

He said the outages were caused by fibre cuts, access denial and theft, leading to service disruption in the affected areas.

He condemned situations where telecoms installations were destroyed in terrorist attacks which had not been replaced as a result of the intense security issues and tensions in north-east states.

Pantami asked the national assembly to speed up the age of the Critical Infrastructure Protection Bill for onward submission to Muhammadu Buhari for assent.

https://www.thecable.ng/pantami-fg-to-deploy-5g-network-by-january-2022

This will be a good way to find and lock all those SW fraudsters bent on doing 419 and staining the good name of this country.

5G with the speed ability of 3G

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Kaduna1stson:
This will be a good way to find and lock all those SW fraudsters bent on doing 419 and staining the good name of this country.

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Always put on your thinking cap when typing on the cyberspace.

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Our 4g is like 2g overseas, hopefully 5g will be worth something.

We will patiently be waiting.

Nigeria will succeed.

God bless Nigeria.

Upworkwriter007:
Our 4g is like 2g overseas, hopefully 5g will be worth something.

True that at the bolded.

We truly hope so.

It's the private sector that's still holding up our economy and doing a lot to help develop Nigeria against all odds and terrible business environment in Nigeria.
We all know FG will not be deploying anything, our honourable minister is just saying this to sound smart and hardworking while diverting attention from his present negative publicity.
Reading Patami's statement will clearly show any sane, logical and intelligent mind why our country is retrogressing. Nothing outstandingly intelligent or worthy of note in the whole statement!
Physically Nigeria is in 2021 but spiritually we are still in 1970.

Rubbish

tradepunter:
Rubbish

But you would have been so happy with the news assuming the topic is "Nigeria will never experienced 5G in the next 10 years..... Pantami".

May God heal una for all the negativity about our darling nation.
May Nigeria bless all who pray for her and wish her well,
For the others : y'all will see it with your eyes, we pray it won't be too late for y'all.

We Rise

PristineSpaceNG:
Fingers crossed

This is much better.

Anti Christ evangelists over to you, food don land. I guess this is the beginning of the end.

Pastor tissue head oyakhilome where you dey.

Kaduna1stson:
This will be a good way to find and lock all those SW fraudsters bent on doing 419 and staining the good name of this country.

Always posting rubbish here on nairaland, Ethnic bigot

You will meet your Waterloo soon

ednut1:
Pastor tissue head oyakhilome where you dey.

You wey get spoon head, who knows you?

It's good... but abeg jst improve on the 3G and 4G first..5G wen 3g and 4g is very poor

FG cannot deploy 5G network. It can only license it. It's the telcos that will use their resources to do that.


Stop saying it like you guys are really working or doing is a favour.

ok

Of you've not gotten vaccination... sorry for u... 5G go do u something

What a joke. Even the 4g na for mouth una get am.

See the person when dey roll am out. ' professor ' of islamic affairs turned cyber expert

Anything that come out from this Terrorist can never be trusted folks :

How will a government deploy 5G?

Ok

Future Impossicant tense by a Terrorist who doubles as an Audio Professor of Cybersecurity. More like Professor of Terrorism practice

I am sure he doesn't know what penetration testing is

Nice one, eager.

God bless professor Ali Issa Pantami.
God bless all patriotic citizens. And
The Federal Republic of Nigeria

InHeaven:
Nice one, eager.

God bless professor Ali Issa Pantami.
God bless all patriotic citizens. And
The Federal Republic of Nigeria

How can God bless a terrorist?
Or do You mean bless with 72 virgins?

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That’s good... Tell Nigerians what they want to hear to make them feel good.

Their mumu never do.

Just like how Fashola told Nigerians what they want to hear “24 hrs electricity isn’t a rocket science” “A serious government will fix electricity issue within 6months”

After he said that Nigeria masses nodded their head like agama lizard, whereas he only said what they want to hear just to make them feel good.


That’s the new modus operandi (Tell then what they want to hear just to make them feel good)