Browsing: 5G

The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, recently inaugurated the 18-member committee in Abuja, with NCC’s Executive Commissioner, Technical Services, Ubale Maska as Auction Adviser while the Director, Spectrum Administration, NCC, Oluwatoyin Asaju, is the Committee Chairman.

Ericsson made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Lagos, noting that subscriptions were increasing at a rate of about a million per day.

Now in its 12th year, the BoICT Distinguished Lecture Series is widely regarded as the most prestigious annual event available in the ICT industry in Nigeria.

The lawmakers further implored the Nigerian Communications Commission and the Mobile Network Operators(MNOs) to tarry for six months to enable them conduct scientific research to confirm whether or not any link exits between 5G network and public health.

This was disclosed by the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between NCC and the Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NigComSat) at the headquarters of the Commission in Abuja.

The theme of the Week was: “Akwa Ibom State, the Legal Profession and the Emerging Global Economy.” A few days to the event, the National Bureau of Statistics released a stunning report to the effect that Nigeria’s unemployment rate has hit 33.3 per cent. This implies that more than half of the country’s labour force is jobless. Or put alternately, less than half of the labour force is fully employed.

The Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Prof. Umaru Danbatta, gave the warning at a ‎capacity building programme for members of the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association in Abuja.

The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umaru Danbatta, made this known on Wednesday during a virtual innovative tech forum organised by the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association.

2. 5G wireless technology is meant to deliver higher data speeds, ultra-low latency, more reliability, massive network capacity, increased availability, and a more uniform user experience to more users. #5GIsTHE FUTURE

This was the position of the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria at the webinar, tagged: “2020 Digital Rights Series on Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable,” hosted by ITREALMS in collaboration with DigitalSENSE Africa Media on Saturday, with the theme: “Role of IP in 5G v COVID-19 Debate.”

According to the regulator in a statement released on Monday, programmes aired in early April by Oyakhilome’s LoveWorld perpetuated baseless conspiracy that the virus is linked to the roll-out of 5G phone networks and insinuations of a “global coverup”.

Electrical and electronic experts have called for adoption of 5G mobile technology for Nigeria not to be left out of the ongoing global technological industrialisation and development evolution.

In view of the recent development in which misleading materials with no proven evidence are being circulated to link Coronavirus Disease or COVID-19 with 5G Technology, the Nigerian Communications Commission said it had become imperative for it to provide clarifications on the issues.

An Information and Communication Technology expert, Jide Awe, on Sunday described rumours linking coronavirus to the roll-out of 5G technology as baseless conspiracy theories and misinformation.

One would ordinarily have dismissed the “controversy” around 5G technology and the strange connection with COVID-19 being stridently pursued by some people as ignorant rants occasioned by the morbid fear of the rampaging Coronavirus, but with the prevailing circumstances of fear and tension, I have elected, as one familiar with the workings of the telecommunications industry, to say something.

The MTN Chief Technical Officer, Mohammed Rufai, said the exercise was in continuation of the company’s effort toward educating Nigerians about the new technology, pending its approval by the Nigerian Communications Commission.

The Chairman, Digtown Limited, Olu Pessu, made this known in a statement in Warri.

Tian Wei, President of Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, started to perform the remote operations with two orthopaedic surgery robots: “Tian Ji,”

A multinational networking and telecommmunications company, Ericsson, on Tuesday forecasts that there would be 1.9 billion 5G subscriptions globally by the end of 2024.

The Chinese telecom giant has concluded a deal with one of Russia’s leading mobile and internet providers amid US pressure on Huawei.