Just In: Nigeria’s FEC Approves National Policy On 5G Network

Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council has approved the National Policy on Fifth Generation (5G) Networks for the country’s Digital Economy.

The 5G Policy was approved by the Council on September 7 following the presentation by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami while the implementation of the National Policy takes immediate effect.

Consequently, the National Frequency Management Council (NFMC) will soon release spectrum to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for the Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) that meet all the required conditions.

Technical Assistant (on Information Technology) to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Femi

Adeluyi who disclosed this is a statement in Abuja, noted that the National Policy has been developed over a period of 2 years, due to the need for extensive stakeholder engagement and the need to ensure adequate public awareness and sensitization.

He observed that the stakeholder engagement was thorough and multi-sectoral in nature. It also took into account the report of the 3-month 5G trials that commenced on the 25th of November 2019 adding that the report critically reviewed and studied the health and security implications of deploying 5G in Nigeria.