Nigeria may be Africa’s largest smartphone market, but its transition to next-generation connectivity remains painfully slow. Despite having more than 170 million active mobile users, which is the highest on the continent, only about 3 percent of them, roughly five million people, currently use 5G services, according to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). New data […]
A new report from global technology leader, Ericsson, highlighted that 35 per cent of 5G users are willing to pay for premium services that exceed standard 5G offerings, driven largely by the demand for seamless performance in high-traffic areas and GenAI applications. Ericsson’s findings revealed that consumer expectations are shifting; 5G users are not only […]
Chile is fast-tracking an ambitious plan to roll out a 5G mobile technology network across most of the country within two years, a senior official told media men but will assure strong oversight at a time of simmering global tensions over cybersecurity. With the United States and China at odds over cybersecurity and data protection, […]
… says No 5G licenses issued yet The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has dismissed the claim in some quarters that the Nigerian Telecoms Industry will switch on 5G in Lagos on May 10, 2020. In a statement made available to the Daily Times on Monday by the Commission’s Director of Publicity, Dr Henry Nkemadu, the […]
The Senate on Tuesday directed its committees on Communication, Science and Technology and Health to conduct a thorough investigation to determine the status of the Fifth Generation (5G) Network in Nigeria. The Senate resolution is sequel to a motion on the present status of 5G Network in Nigeria. The motion was sponsored by Sen. Uche […]
London – Coronavirus-inspired conspiracy theories have sparked dozens of attacks on telephone network masts in Britain and the Netherlands, with the perpetrators apparently believing 5G transmissions are the cause of the disease. “In Britain, 20 masts belonging to telecommunications giant Vodafone have been set ablaze,’’ the firm’s chief in Britain Nick Jeffery said on Monday. […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says that viruses cannot travel on radio waves or mobile networks, saying COVID-19 is a respiratory disease. WHO through a statement on Friday, debunked the myth, adding that COVID-19 was spread through respiratory droplets when an infected person coughs, sneezes or speaks. Intensify prayers, covid-19 is a matter of life […]
One would ordinarily have dismissed the “controversy” around 5G technology and the strange connection with COVID-19 being stridently pursued by some people as ignorant rants occasioned by the morbid fear of the rampaging Coronavirus, but with the prevailing circumstances of fear and tension, I have elected, as one familiar with the workings of the telecommunications […]
“Fry their brain and lungs with 20G, as long as they receive recharge card money or they are promised a position in 2037, an average Nigerian is cool. He is totally void of a questioning mind and he never challenges the status quo. In my opinion, the zombie vaccine is already at work in most […]
.Technological advancement will not be at the expense of citizens-Pantami The Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) has dismissed the theory that links the 5G network to coronavirus, describing it as a web of lies with no particle of truth. In a statement signed by its President, Olusola Teniola, the umbrella body for all […]
Senator Dino Melaye who represented Kogi West senatorial Federal Constituency, has responded to recent assassination threats, warning him to stop opposing the 5G issue. Melaye announced on Twitter on Sunday that he has been receiving international calls threatening his life and warning him to back off the 5G issue. Jesus not in lockdown – Archbishop […]
Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari endorsed the trial of 5G technology at the MTN first live demo of 5G network (5th generation network technology) on Monday in Abuja. He was represented at the occasion by the Minister of Communications and Digital Technology, Dr Isa Pantami. Accountant docked over alleged theft of company’s N4.1m Buhari expressed […]