Uganda has quickly moved to be the first country in East Africa and third in Africa to to showcase the 5G network to its customers after MTN Group in South Africa and MTN Nigeria last year. Well, MTN Uganda did it!
“If we accept this technology, this country will be the best in Africa,” Godfrey Mutabazi, executive director of the Uganda Communication Commission said.
He also added that as a regulator of the communications sector, they are working to ensure that there is an appropriate infrastructure that supports 5G.
Uganda’s Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda, who was the chief guest at the launch, expressed optimistic that technologies like 5G will have an impact on the economic development of the country. He said the Ugandan government supports the development of new technology provided it will solve people’s challenges and make life easier and affordable.
“In the next 2-3 years, we will embark on massive commercial roll-out of the technology,” Wim Vanhelleputte, chief executive officer MTN Uganda said.
The 5th generation mobile network has been liken to power the next human revolution and will elevate the mobile network to not only interconnect people, but also interconnect and control machines, objects, and devices.
It will deliver new levels of performance and efficiency that will empower new user experiences and connect new industries. 5G will deliver multi-Gbps peak rates, ultra-low latency, massive capacity, and more uniform user experience.
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