Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has clarified that MAFAB Communications has launched 5G services in the country.
The Commission made the clarification following insinuation that MAFAB Communications is yet to roll out, two years after obtaining license and one year after the roll-out date.
NCC Director of Public Affairs, Rueben Muoka, made the clarification in a press release issued today.
MAFAB Communications is one of the companies granted Fifth Generation (5G) licences by the Commission.
The Commission stated that the claim on the social media that MAFAB Communications has not rolled was misleading and false.
NCC stated that the claimed that “MAFAB Communications, one of the companies granted Fifth Generation (5G) licences by the Commission, is yet to roll out the service, nearly two years after obtaining a licence, and one year after the roll-out date” was a total falsehood.
It stated that as, a matter of fact, that MAFAB Communications launched its services in Abuja and Lagos on January 24 and January 26, 2023, respectively.
It added that, at launch, the services were targeted at six cities, including Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Enugu, Kano and Kaduna.
“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 launched its services in Abuja on January 24, 2023, and in Lagos on January 26, 2023.
“At launch, the services were targeted at six cities – Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Enugu, Kano and Kaduna.”
It was stated in the release that NCC has continued to monitor the progress of rollout by MAFAB.
It added that it has been regularly briefed about the status of infrastructure deployment for service offerings as conditioned in its operating licence.
The Commission therefore urged the public and all stakeholders to “ignore the false and misleading information concerning the 5G rollout by MAFAB.”
