{"id":51957,"date":"2021-09-08T19:37:46","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T18:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=51957"},"modified":"2021-09-08T19:37:46","modified_gmt":"2021-09-08T18:37:46","slug":"breaking-fg-approves-5g-policy-for-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/breaking-fg-approves-5g-policy-for-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: FG Approves 5G Policy For Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the National Policy on Fifth Generation (5G) Networks for Nigeria\u2019s Digital Economy.<\/p>\n<p>The 5G Policy was approved at the Council meeting on Wednesday, following the presentation by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami.<\/p>\n<p>A statement by Dr Femi Adeluyi, Technical Assistant on Information Technology to the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, explained that the implementation of the National Policy is with immediate effect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe National Policy has been developed over a period of two years, due to the need for extensive stakeholder engagement and the need to ensure adequate public awareness and sensitization.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe stakeholder engagement was thorough and multi-sectoral in nature.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt also took into account the report of the 3-month 5G trials that commenced on the 25th of November 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe report critically reviewed and studied the health and security implications of deploying 5G in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeading international organisations such as the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), an organ of the United Nations, have confirmed that the deployment of 5G networks leave no adverse health effect and are safe.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\u201c5G networks offer significant advantages over the current technologies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of its advantages include much lower latency, higher bandwidth, greater device density, longer battery life for nodes and greater network flexibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeveral countries have already commenced the deployment of 5G and are enjoying its benefits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese countries include the United States, United Kingdom, Republic of Korea, South Africa and Lesotho, to mention but a few,\u201d the statement explained.<\/p>\n<p>Adeluyi said the National Frequency Management Council (NFMC), chaired by Pantami, would soon release spectrum to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for the Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) that meet all the required conditions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NCC, as the regulator of the telecommunications sector, will continue engaging stakeholders with a view to developing the regulatory instruments required for the successful deployment of the technology in Nigeria,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the National Policy on Fifth Generation (5G) Networks for Nigeria\u2019s Digital Economy. <!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":51958,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[648],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-51957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","tag-ncc"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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