The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has debunked  some misleading assertions on social media which falsely claimed that “ MAFAB Communications, one of the companies granted Fifth Generation (5G) licences by the Commission is yet to roll out its services, nearly two years after obtaining a licence, and one year after the roll-out date.”

In a statement signed by Mr. Reuben Muoka, NCCs Director of Public Affairs, the Commission insisted that “For a fact, MAFAB Communications is one of the two successful companies that won a 5G Licence during the globally-acclaimed transparent 5G Auction conducted by the Commission on December 13, 2021.

“Upon fulfilling the condition of payment for the fee of $273.6 million in February 2022, the company formally received the licence on February 22, 2022.”

NCC clarified also that “Consequent upon the issuance of the 5G licence, and in line with the rollout conditions, MAFAB publicly launched its services in Abuja on January 24, 2023, and in Lagos on January 26, 2023. At launch, the services were targeted at six cities – Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Enugu, Kano and Kaduna.

“The Commission has continued to monitor the progress of rollout by MAFAB and has been regularly briefed about the status of infrastructure deployment for service offerings as conditioned in its operating licence.”

NCC therefore advised the public and all stakeholders should ignore the false and misleading information concerning the 5G rollout by MAFAB.