The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC is set to auction five slots of spectrum for deployment of the Fifth Generation, 5G technology.
NCC Executive Vice-Chairman, Umar Dambatta announced this in Abuja during the public hearing and inquiry on the proposed draft regulations on telephone subscriber registration, SIM replacement and spectrum allocation, 2021.
He noted that the commission had put everything in place to auction five slots of 5G spectrum.
Also, Executive Commissioner, Stakeholders Management of NCC, Adeleke Adewolu, in his welcome address, said the public hearing and inquiry on the spectrum trading guidelines, Sim registration guidelines and telephone users guidelines would help the commission to improve the industry.
He also appealed to the commission to look into the 200,000 naira penalty for active unregistered line and review it upward so that it could serve as deterrent.
Omher part, NCC Director, Legal Services Josephine Amuwahe, who gave an overview of SIM registration and activation said that any network provider that allowed pre-registered SIM without full bio-data would pay 200,000 naira fine per SIM.
