By Ken Nwogbo
Most Nigerians are not paying much attention to the rollout of 5G
because they are deeply skeptical of the...
latest technology and are
already angry with their service providers.
In fact, majority of Nigerians are not even excited to learn about
the new technology; rather they are waxing worriedly over the rising
numbers of dropped calls, aborted short message service (SMS), as well
as the countless number of futile attempts to make calls with the
present technology.
“The only time I would want to take 5G technology seriously, is when I
see some real benefits, otherwise, am not interested” Godwin Dike, a
telecom consumer said.
But 5G is already generating buzz and is being touted as revolution
that will further change the way people live and work, through
unprecedented digital speeds, reduced lag, and better connectivity for a
broader range of devices.
Some said it will spur a fourth industrial revolution.
“What does this mean? It depends who you are,” said, Professor Muriel Médard, MIT electrical engineering and computer science.
For users, which include most businesses, “it’s likely you’ll get a
rich set of offerings, and you’ll get better coverage,” said Médard, who
leads the Network Coding and Reliable Communications Group at MIT’s
Research Laboratory for Electronics.
Though, 5G technology is researched and conceptualized to solve all
radio signal problems and hardship of mobile world, but it has some
shortcomings because of some security reason and lack of technological
advancement in most of the geographic regions including Nigeria.
It is a well know fact that the technology is still under process and research on its viability is going on.
Dike’s fear about the technology may be heightened, because the
speed, this technology is claiming seems difficult to achieve (in
future, it might be) because of the incompetent technological support in
most parts of the world.
Like Dickson Ochu Eze, another subscriber also pointed out, “ I think
it will be am expensive venture because many of the old devices would
not be competent to 5G”
Also, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that poor
power supply and inadequate fibre infrastructure would impede the
deployment of 5G Network in Nigeria.
Engr. Bako Wakil, director, Technical Standards and Network
Integrity, NCC, who disclosed this recently at a special session, held
by the Commission, on the benefits and challenges of deploying the 5G
Network, at the Social Media Week Lagos (SMW Lagos), Lagos, said that
the country will face two major challenges in deploying commercial 5G
network in the country, stating that inadequate power supply and
insufficient fibre infrastructure as the two major impediments.
According to him, “power infrastructure is a major challenge we will witness in the deployment of 5G across the country.
“As it stands today all the base-stations in the country are running
on 24 hours generator and this is not good for the deployment of 5G
because it latency is very small.
“Also fibre infrastructure in the country is not enough to deploy 5G
in the country. We do not have fibre capacity across the country.
“These two major infrastructures are crucial impediments in the deployment of 5G in the country.”
Wakil, also stated that, the 5G Network is one that will require
more, in terms of electricity than the 4G that, we are currently
running.
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