The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has urged Nigerians to ignore misleading comment on the social media on MAFAB’s 5G roll out.
NCC said that the misleading comment claimed that MAFAB Communications, one of the companies granted Fifth Generation (5G) licences by the commission was yet to roll out the service.
NCC’s Director if Public Affairs, Dr Reuben Muoka, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.
Muoka said that this came nearly two years after obtaining a licence, and one year after the roll out date.
He said: “The public and all stakeholders should ignore the false and misleading information concerning the 5G roll out by MAFAB
“For a fact, MAFAB Communications is one of the two successful companies that won a 5G Licence during the globally-acclaimed transparent 5G auction conducted by the commission on December 13, 2021.
“Upon fulfilling the condition of payment for the fee of $273.6 million in February 2022, the company formally received the licence on February 22, 2022.
“Consequent upon the issuance of the 5G licence, and in line with the rollout conditions, MAFAB publicly inaugurated its services in Abuja on January 24, 2023.
“It took off in Lagos on January 26, 2023. At the event, the services were targeted at six cities – Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Enugu, Kano and Kaduna.”
Mouka said the commission has continued to monitor the progress of roll out by MAFAB and has regularly briefed about the status of infrastructure deployment for service offerings as conditioned in its operating licence.
