NCC to stakeholders: See you @Marriot Lagos over 5G auction - ITREALMS

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Are you a stakeholder in the burgeoning Fifth Generation (5G) and has interest in the ongoing auction process, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is inviting you to Marriot Hotel Ikeja-Lagos, on Tuesday day 15, for a session, reports ITREALMS.

The proposed auction of two lots in the 3.5GHz Spectrum for the deployment of 5G services, ITREALMS gathered is set to take place in December 2022, and has continued to gather steam as the NCC has concluded arraignments to host an engagement session with stakeholders.

This session, ITREALMS also gathered is to discuss and provide more insight into the draft Information Memorandum that will guide the process

Director, Public Affairs at NCC, Mr. Reuben Muoka made this disclosure in a press statement available to ITREALMS at the weekend and noted that the Commission had earlier announced the plan to license additional lots in the 3.5 GHz spectrum band for the deployment of 5G (fifth generation) Global System of Mobile communication).

The interactive session with the stakeholders, he said, would take place at the Marriot Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, by 9.00am prompt on the 15th of November 2022.

The engagement session will feature comments and submissions made by the different stakeholders on the Draft Information Memorandum.

"The outcome of the submission will be taken into consideration by the Commission in publishing the Information Memorandum for the auction," he said.

While the process for the auction of the proposed lots of frequencies for 5G services, he said, commenced on 21 October 2022 with the publication of the Draft Information Memorandum on the Commission’s website.

"Stakeholders have been advised, in an earlier statement and subsequent advertisements, by the Commission to study the Information Memorandum and make their comments and questions available to the Commission," he said.