President Muhammadu Buhari
endorsed the trial of 5G technology at the MTN first live demo of 5G network on
Monday in Abuja.
He was represented at the
occasion by the Minister of Communications and Digital Technology, Dr Isa
Pantami.
Buhari expressed delight to be
part of the historic moment, stressing that migration from 4G to 5G would be a
revolution in the industry.
President Muhammadu Buhari endorsed
the trial of 5G technology at the MTN first live demo of 5G network on Monday
in Abuja.
He was represented at the
occasion by the Minister of Communications and Digital Technology, Dr Isa
Pantami.
Buhari expressed delight to be
part of the historic moment, stressing that migration from 4G to 5G would be a
revolution in the industry.
Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive
Vice Chairman of Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), had told the global
community that African continent held the ace, adding that 5G is the next
frontier of investment.
Danbatta expressed optimism that
5G would provide a very veritable and convincing investment for investors.
Former Executive Vice Chairman,
NCC, Ernest Ndukwe, who is also a board member of MTN Nigeria, expressed
delight that Nigeria was one of the countries championing 5G trial on the
African continent.
Ndukwe said that the new
technology is at least, 100 times faster than 4G, adding that 5G also provides
faster data transfer speed and lower latency, compared to 4G.
“Additionally, 5G boasts of
improved reliability as well as better support for more devices.
“5G is a transformational change
from 4G with the potential to provide 20 times faster data speeds.
“It carries a massive amount of
data for a large number of simultaneous users.
“5G will support business
innovative ambitions, create new markets, transform supply chain management and
create smarter and more efficient manufacturing sector.
“5G is extremely fast and
supports data transfer rates of up to 20Gbits/S. 5G will allow stream, download
and upload of huge quantities of data at a much faster rate.
“During a comparison test on both
4G and 5G networks, it took just 15.78 seconds to download a 2.3 GB video on
the 5G network and the same file on 4G took exactly 5 minutes, 3.84 seconds.”
“This according to the telco
operator will enable the company to provide better data services at a more
affordable cost to its subscribers.
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