The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced plans to host an engagement session with telecommunication stakeholders to discuss more insight into the Draft Information Memorandum which will be auctioned in December.
This was announced in a statement signed by the Director, Public Affairs of the NCC, Reuben Muoka on Friday.
According to him, the engagement session will help guide the proposed auction of two lots in the 3.5GHz Spectrum for the deployment of 5G services.
The interactive session with the stakeholders will take place at the Marriot Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos, by 9.00 am prompt on the 15th of November 2022.
In a recent report, the Commission had earlier announced the plan to license additional lots in the 3.5 GHz spectrum band for the deployment of the 5G (fifth generation) Global System of Mobile communication).
The statement said the engagement session will feature comments and submissions from the different stakeholders on the Draft Information Memorandum. The outcome of the proposal will be taken into consideration by the Commission in publishing the Information Memorandum for the auction.
“The process for the auction of the proposed lots of frequencies for 5G services, commenced on 21 October 2022 with the publication of the Draft Information Memorandum on the Commission’s website.”
“Stakeholders have been advised, in an earlier statement and subsequent advertisements, by the Commission to study the Information Memorandum and make their comments and questions available to the Commission”, the statement added.