MAFAB is active with 5G services in Nigeria – NCC
By Patience Ikpeme
Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has faulted claim that MAFAB Communications, one of the companies granted Fifth Generation (5G) licences is yet to roll out service, nearly two years after obtaining a licence, and one year after the roll-out date.
The telecom regulator said MAFAB Communications launched its services in Abuja on January 24, 2023, and in Lagos on January 26, 2023, noting that the services were targeted at six cities – Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Enugu, Kano and Kaduna.
MAFAB, one of the two successful companies who won a 5G Licence during the globally-acclaimed transparent 5G Auction conducted by the Commission on December 13, 2021.
NCC in a statement by Director of Public Affairs Ruben Mouka said the launch of 5G service by MAFAB preceded payment fee of $273.6 million in February 2022 while company formally received the licence on February 22, 2022.
“The Commission has continued to monitor the progress of rollout by MAFAB and has been regularly briefed about the status of infrastructure deployment for service offerings as conditioned in its operating licence”
It urged the public to ignore the false and misleading information concerning the 5G rollout by MAFAB.
