Nigeria mulls 5G direction as Huawei, ZTE ban sees $62b losses

The direction that will define Nigeria’s 5G transition, a fifth generation cellular network technology that provides broadband access, is currently been worked on, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has said.
  
The NCC disclosed this at the 10th edition of the eWorld Forum, in Lagos, where it pointed out that the country would do everything within its capacity to ensure Nigerians benefit immensely from the transition.
  
Last November, at a telecoms forum in Abuja, NCC announced that Nigeria will rollout 5G network by 2020.  

Some U.S. allies have already followed Washington’s lead in excluding Huawei, heeding warnings that its equipment is vulnerable to hacking and espionage by the Chinese state.

Outright bans on Huawei appear unlikely in Europe, the region it relies on most for growth outside China, after Germany, France and Britain signalled more limited restrictions and tightened oversight of their networks.
 
The GSMA report was written before President Trump opened a new front against the Shenzhen-based vendor last month by restricting its access to Google’s Android operating system for its 5G smartphones, potentially disrupting their ability to function or access popular apps.
 
“We continue to stress that it is imperative that the market has the widest possible choice of equipment, technology and partners, to drive, scale innovation and competition,” GSMA said.