Nearly a year after it paid $547.2 million as licensing fee, Mafab Telecommunication Company on Monday launched the Fifth Generation (5G) network in Abuja.
The company which won the 5G license alongside MTN Nigeria
in the 3.5GHz spectrum auction conducted by the Nigeria Communications
Commission, NCC on December 13, 2021, also unveiled a new logo.
Speaking during the launching, the Chairman of Mafab, Dr
Mushabu Bashir, said it is another chapter in its jthe company’s journey
towards a brighter and stronger future filled with hope and prospects.
The Mafab Chairman noted that with the 5G, business outfits
would expand their frontiers with operational ease and speed, especially in the
fields of education.
Other fields are medical sciences, engineering, security,
businesses like the banking sector, SMEs and smart cities, among others.
He said 5G would not just benefit the urban areas but also
meet long-term goals of ensuring that rural areas and villages enjoyed benefits
of this amazing technology.
“The rollout of Mafab 5G network is the beginning of immense
opportunities for the country as it represents Nigeria’s capabilities and
infinite possibilities.
“The prospect of increased job opportunities as a
consequence of the value-chain benefits the technology will generate and offer
is the dream we have all gathered here to launch today, ”he said.
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof.
Isa Pantami reiterated that on Jan. 25, 2022, President Muhammadu Buhari
launched the National 5G Policy for Nigeria’s digital economy.
Pantami said as the Chairman of the National Frequency
Management Council, he handed over the frequency spectrum to NCC and it
conducted a transparent auctioning where two operators emerged as the winners,
MAFAB and MTN.
“MTN commenced the roll out and now MAFAB has joined the
queue, I congratulate the Chairman of MAFAB for his commitment to the success
of MAFAB.
“It is absolutely difficult to have a new player who joined
the sector within a small period of time and also to be competing with some of
the active players in the sector”, he said.
Pantamis said 5G had enormous benefits for security
institutions, “because there are technologies in security that leverage on it
which allows security institutions to properly manage security situations.
“5G allows real time communications, and this has so many
benefits to our security institutions to manage challenges effectively, like
robots.
“There are so many technologies and artificial intelligence
to help our security institutions.
“All of them leverage effectively on 5G, so this is in
addition to economic benefits”, he said.
The minister said there were many benefits of 5G, most
importantly towards economic development.
According to him, a research conducted by Boston Consulting
limited in the USA in Feb. 2021 had indicated that the rollout of 5G in the US
would increase their gross domestic product.
Pantami said: “This will increase within 10 years by a
minimum of 1.4 trillion USD to 1.9 trillion USD.
“So, the benefits of 5G deployment is beyond just quality of
service.”
The minister said there were so many benefits because new
technologies come along with new benefits like low latency, very high quality
broadband and faster network.
Pantami added: “It allows real time communication or almost
near real time communication.
“Today using 5G virtual surgery is being conducted globally.
They did in the US and also in China.
“The recently conducted a virtual surgery where the distance
between the surgeon and the patient is over 3000 kilometers but the surgery was
conducted successfully treatment of Parkinson’s in China, they did it also
recently.”
In his presentation, Mafab’s Communications spokesperson, Mr
Adebayo Onigbanjo, while unveiling the company’s new logo, said, “as an
operator born in the data age, Mafab will aim to serve customers.”
Onigbanjo said that it would also serve the country by
maximising the value of the digital technology.
“While 5G brings a lot of excitement about fast downloads,
low latency and high speeds, our promise is ubiquitous data for Nigerians.
“Broadband is now an essential requirement and our data
native network aims to deliver this to Nigerians,” Onigbanjo said.
The company also unveiled a brand-new logo, which it said
heralded the dawn of a new era of infinite possibilities which the technology
offered. NAN
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