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  • Sweden blocks Huawei and ZTE from 5G infrastructure

    Sweden blocks Huawei and ZTE from 5G infrastructure

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    Operators bidding for frequencies in Sweden’s 5G networks have been banned from using equipment from Chinese tech giants ZTE and Huawei, a government agency said. The Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) said the four firms selected were Hi3G Access, Net4Mobility, Telia Sweden and Teracom, a partnership between Swedish telecommunications firm Tele 2 and Norway’s…

  • NCC moves to formulate policies on 5G

    NCC moves to formulate policies on 5G

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    The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) says it is working vigorously with multi-sector stakeholders to formulate policies for the 5th generation (5G) mobile network. The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umaru Danbatta, made this known on Wednesday during a virtual innovative tech forum organised by Nigeria Information Technology Reporters Association (NITRA). The theme of the…

  • New Apple ‘iPhone 12’ to offer 5G speeds U.S. networks can’t deliver

    New Apple ‘iPhone 12’ to offer 5G speeds U.S. networks can’t deliver

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    The device, dubbed the iPhone 12 by analysts, can tap into 5G, or fifth generation wireless technology, that theoretically operates as much as 10 to 20 times faster than current 4G wireless networks. Using the next iPhone or any 5G enabled device on today’s network, however, will be “like having a Ferrari but using it…

  • BREAKING: UK bans 5G equipment from Huawei

    BREAKING: UK bans 5G equipment from Huawei

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    The United Kingdom (UK) has banned telecommunications companies from buying 5G equipment from Huawei. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Oliver Dowden, UK’s Digital Secretary made the government’s decision known on Tuesday, while addressing the House of Commons. He also revealed the government’s decision mandating the telecoms companies to remove all the Chinese firm’s 5G kit from their…

  • Turning off your WiFi will not protect you from COVID-19 – Minister

    Turning off your WiFi will not protect you from COVID-19 – Minister

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    Australian Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts, Paul Fletcher has warned Australians about misinformation linking the COVID-19 to 5G mobile technology. In a statement issued on Tuesday morning, Fletcher declared that there is no evidence that radio waves, used by mobile networks, have any harmful effects. Misinformation about 5G telecommunications networks has become…

  • UK sanctions Oyakhilome’s TV for linking 5G to Coronavirus during live sermon

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    Femi Ajasa
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    A TV channel in the UK owned by Chris Oyakhilome, one of Nigeria’s most flamboyant evangelical pastors has been sanctioned by Ofcom. According to published by BBC, the authority punished Oyakhilome’s Loveworld Limited, which runs the Loveworld channel that can be viewed in the UK, “after a news programme and a live sermon included potentially…

  • Huawei tackles US govt. over rule changes

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    Huawei has opposed the amendments made by the US Department of Commerce to its foreign direct product rule that seem to target Huawei specifically. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the US government had in May 2019 added Huawei to the Entity List and had continued to blacklist the technology company, especially as the race for 5G networks…

  • A little note for the Senate on 5G – Okoh Aihe

    A little note for the Senate on 5G – Okoh Aihe

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    Femi Ajasa
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    By Okoh Aihe This season, there is so much in the plate that one is trying to develop the mastery to attempt a sorting, from the very depressing and heart-wrenching to the absolutely ludicrous and bizarre, but all fusing together to create a world that is so uncertain or, if you want to hover on…

  • Operators cannot switch on 5G technology in Nigeria – NCC

    Operators cannot switch on 5G technology in Nigeria – NCC

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    The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said no licence for 5G technology has been issued to any mobile network operator (MNO) in Nigeria and that no MNO can switch on such technology in the country. Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, who made this known in a statement by Dr. Henry Nkemadu,…

  • Private 5G trial speeds up amid COVID-19 crisis

    Private 5G trial speeds up amid COVID-19 crisis

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    Ediri Oyibo
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    Prediction for private 5G trials and pilots looks set to be exceeded even though 2020 deployments/launches of public 5G networks have been mixed because of the global Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Deloitte had predicted in its Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT) Predictions for the year 2020 that about a hundred private 5G…