The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has announced that the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Abuja would be the first to benefit from the country’s upcoming 5G network.
The commission stated that the fifth-generation technology would be deployed throughout all states shortly, allowing individuals and businesses to benefit from significant network upgrades like as faster connection speeds, among other things.
Prof Garba Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman and CEO of the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC), said this while speaking at the 33rd Enugu International Trade Fair.
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According to Anaedoonline.ng, the NCC hosted fair participants in the fair pavilion on its special day.
The special day included a voting session where many people won cellphones, as well as random air time presents among the four current networks.
Danbatta reaffirmed the Commission’s commitment to protecting and empowering customers, regardless of their socioeconomic status, against unfair service provider activities.
Danbatta said the promise was based on their regulatory role of ensuring that users of telecoms services deserve to obtain value for their money and to be treated fairly as vital stakeholders.
According to him, spectrum licenses for the companies that will roll out services have already been issued.
Ugama assured that as a consumer-focused public sector institution, the NCC shall continue to commit to the provision of a high level playing ground for options to thrive, promote investment, delivery of innovative services to individual consumers among others.
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He noted that NCC has been a long-standing partner of ECCIMA the fair organizers adding that the commission has continually held it’s special day program at the fair, Naija News reports.
Meanwhile, in his address earlier, the ECCIMA president, Barr Jasper Nduagwuike lauded the NCC for its efforts at making life more amenable through improvements in communication services in the country and thanked them for their continued commitment and support to the fair.
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