The Nigerian Communications Fee (NCC), says it’s planning to deploy the 6G spectrum in Nigeria to broaden entry to Wi-Fi know-how.
Aminu Maida, government vice-chairman of NCC, spoke on Thursday on the environment friendly administration and utilisation of spectrum sources at a consultative engagement discussion board on rising applied sciences.
Tagged, ‘The Use of 6GHz (5925-7125) MHz for WiFi and IMT Functions in Nigeria’, the discussion board was held in Lagos to get stakeholders’ enter and proposals on how the brand new frequency can be utilized.
The NCC additionally stated the discussion board, held yearly, serves as a platform to get the assist of stakeholders for its insurance policies.
In his opening remarks, Maida, represented by Abraham Oshadami, government commissioner of techincal providers on the fee, stated present spectrums (5G and 2G) have gotten overcrowded, therefore the necessity to introduce different frequency bands.
“The 6GHz band, spanning from 5925 MHz to 7125 MHz, gives a considerable enhance in obtainable spectrum, which is essential for supporting the rising demand for high-speed web and superior purposes. Wi-Fi performs a vital position within the distribution of mounted broadband connectivity in properties, workplaces, and varied different environments,” Maida stated.
“The overwhelming majority of residence web visitors is linked to the end-user by means of Wi-Fi. In enterprise settings, Wi-Fi is important for dealing with massive quantities of information and concurrently connecting massive numbers of units with improved reliability, increased information throughput, and decrease latencies.
“Nevertheless, the 5GHz and a pair of.4GHz which can be getting used for Wi-Fi (Wi-Fi 5) in the meanwhile have gotten overwhelmed on account of a rise in demand for capability. It’s, due to this fact, crucial to establish different frequency bands to enrich the 5GHz and a pair of.4GHz.”
Talking on the advantages, Maida stated the proposed frequency would enhance capability, permitting for the usage of purposes corresponding to digital actuality, augmented actuality, which present spectrums “won’t carry”.
“With Wi-Fi 6 introduction, you may have extra capability opened up for folks to have the ability to join and have seamless entry to Wi-Fi and bear in mind, that is unlicenced, so it’s free. In the long term, it’ll carry down the price of connecting to Wi-Fi.”
Caroline Alenoghena, a professor of telecommunications engineering on the Federal College of Know-how, Minna, stated the introduction of a brand new spectrum is important to deal with the congestion within the current Wi-Fi frequencies.
The professor stated opening up the 6G band would create “alternatives for start-ups to develop” by way of offering digital providers.
On his half, Tony Emoekpere, president of the Affiliation of Telecommunications Firms of Nigeria (ATCON), stated the 6G spectrum — if correctly allotted — would permit extra numerous applied sciences to be deployed.
Emoekpere stated it will additionally democratise entry to the city, semi-rural, and rural areas.
“Foreseeable challenges are issues like infrastructure necessities, the entire of funding that’s required, competing applied sciences, as a result of a few of these applied sciences are nonetheless being developed,” the ATCON president stated.
He described the discussion board as a normal observe within the business to make sure that stakeholders are consulted when new applied sciences, licences, and insurance policies are being developed.
