MTN Nigeria is to introduce 5G services soon in the second quarter of 2022, Chief Executive Officer, MTN Nigeria, Karl Toriola, has said
He disclosed this during the launch of the MTN Media Innovation Programme on Wednesday in Lagos, saying the company is ready for it.
MTN paid its spectrum license fee some months ago, and ahead of what the Nigerian Communications Commission proposed in its ‘Draft Information Memorandum on 3.5 GHz Spectrum Auction.’
Toriola said, “Nigeria is probably the first, maybe the second, to do a proper 5G spectrum auction with enough bandwidth to give real 5G service and we must thank the minister and the NCC for this.
“A few months later, South Africa decided to do their own spectrum auction, pretty much copying Nigeria. According to the Information Memorandum for the auction, we would be able to launch early in the second half of 2022, but we are working with the ministry and the regulator to see if we can bring 5G to life a lot earlier in Nigeria.”
