MTN has conducted the first “5G technology and applications trial in Africa”
at its head office in Johannesburg.
The trial was conducted in partnership with Ericsson, and is part of
the companies’ planned 5G demonstration.
According to MTN, the tests will lead to the commercial deployment of
5G technologies in the near future. MTN achieved a throughput of over
20Gbps with less than 5ms latency in the 5G trial, which is “the highest
achieved on a mobile network in Africa”.
MTN has received a temporary licence
for 800MHz of spectrum in the 15GHz band to conduct its 5G trials.
for 800MHz of spectrum in the 15GHz band to conduct its 5G trials.
MTN CTIO, Giovanni Chiarelli, said
5G offers a new world of potential for Africa.
5G offers a new world of potential for Africa.
“With 5G, remote healthcare through
connected robots could offer world-class surgery in the most remote parts of
the continent and the world. Self-driving cars could change the face of road
safety, along with smart agriculture, smart mining, and smart cities,” he said.
connected robots could offer world-class surgery in the most remote parts of
the continent and the world. Self-driving cars could change the face of road
safety, along with smart agriculture, smart mining, and smart cities,” he said.
There is no doubt that 5G will offer
the consumer higher speeds… but to achieve this, we need the capacity that
comes with additional spectrum.”
the consumer higher speeds… but to achieve this, we need the capacity that
comes with additional spectrum.”
4G is on the way out… 5G is on the
way inn.
way inn.
When am still here struggling with 3G and I can already here the 5G trumpet blowing. This is gonna be amazing
What a crazy speed. That's great.
no matter what we say about Mtn, they are still the best.
Informative post. But this 5G, I don't think Nigeria will be part of it anytime soon. Even the 4G and 3G in Nigeria is not in full scale.
When we have not even enjoyed 4g yet. I wonder how long it will take them to deploy it in Nigeria.
I have not even enjoyed the 4g yet talkless of the 5g
MTN na Bomb. Super speed.
By the time they installed it in Nigeria u will get 10Gbps. Anyway That's good and for MTN. We are still struggling with 4g in Nigeria. Even some 4g is the same as 3g.
Time is ripped for mtn 4g tentacles to spread nationwide
I believe mtn most especially in my location. Yesterday night,my download peak reached 12mb/s. Megabyte/second and not megabit/second.
Mtn is scam..not everyone in Nigeria is enjoying 4g they r talking about 5gb,y can't they make 4gb stable and circulate it first before introducing 5gb..am nt comfortable with dis mrn 5gb to me I see it has absolute nonsense
No matter of much hates for them they Still top that list……5G when 4G in Nigeria still a ghost even some locations still lacks 3G hope not its takes forever to have this… Lol
Meanwhile, Glo can't even boast of stable 3G and now there's 5G.. .. Too pathetic for GLO
Hahaha
People never use 3g finish
4g set never go anywhere
Now na 5g
5G….. Lol let the speed of 4g spread Na… Asheju. Lol