The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has entered into agreement with the Nigerian communication satellite, NigComSat, to facilitate the deployment of the 5th generation mobile network also known as 5G.
On Wednesday, the NCC and NigComSat signed a Memorandum of Understanding that would enable optimal 5G service performance in the country. NigComSat after series of negotiations agreed to make adjustments to its satellite operation and release part of its spectrum for the country’s use.
In his speech, the Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, Prof Umar Danbatta said, “For optimal 5G service performance, an average of contiguous 100 MHz of spectrum in the C-band is required by an Operator. However in Nigeria, only 120 MHz of the band (3.4 – 3.52) GHz is available for mobile services while the remaining 680 MHz (3.52 – 4.2) GHz of the band is used by NigComSat (NG-1R) satellites.
“The Commission initiated negotiation with NIGCOMSAT whom in our estimate could make some adjustment to its satellite operation and release part of its Spectrum holding in the band to facilitate the deployment of 5G in Nigeria.
“The two agencies have been in discussions on how to relocate the operations of NG-1R to the standard C-band 300MHz (3.9GHz – 4.2GHz) potion of the band, which is more suitable in terms of Satellite service offering because end user terminal are cheaper there, while leaving the non-standard C-band 400MHz (3.5GHz – 3.9GHz) portion of the band for 5G use. The cost of relocating the NG-1R is expected to be offset from the proceeds of the auction of the 5G Spectrum. The two agencies have developed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) detailing all the aspect of this undertaking.”
The Managing Director of Nigcomsat, Dr. Abimbola Alale thanked the Commission for collaborating with her company in order to advance the course of the digital economy of the Federal Government.
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