Nigeria: NCC Gives Reasons for Suspending Frequency Bands Licensing

14 December 2018

Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has said that the Commission took the decision to suspend the licensing of some of the potential frequency bands of 26GHz, 38GHz and 42Ghz to ensure that Nigeria is not caught napping when the frequency bands are eventually harmonised for 5G deployment in region 1 by standardization bodies.

Danbatta made the revelation at the stakeholders' consultative forum organised by the NCC on 5G readiness and High Altitude Platform Station Technologies (HAPS)held in Abuja.

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