5G Will Unlock Economic Potential—MTN

<h4>5G Will Unlock Economic Potential<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that MTN Nigeria Communications Plc&comma; a part of a multinational telecommunications group&comma; which operates in 21 countries in Africa and the Middle East&comma; has assured that fifth generation technology&comma; 5G&comma; will unlock business potential across sectors&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Lynda Saint-Nwafor&comma; Chief Enterprise Business Officer of MTN gave this assurance on Thursday at a breakfast meeting organized by the Nigeria &&num;8211&semi; South Africa Chamber of Commerce&comma; N-SACC&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The telecommunication company which began operations in Nigeria from the very first phone call&comma; made at Maritime House&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Apapa<&sol;a> on May 16&comma; 2001&comma; launched its 5G pilot on Wednesday&comma; with plans to roll out services in Lagos&comma; Abuja&comma; Port Harcourt&comma; Ibadan&comma; Kano&comma; Owerri&comma; and Maiduguri soon&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Speaking on a theme &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;5G Private Networks&colon; Accelerating Operational Efficiency for Businesses&comma;” Saint-Nwafor explained that the technology is the part of the needed ingredients in the menu for Nigeria’s all inclusive breakthroughs across sectors&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It is a digital evolution&comma;” Saint-Nwafor said adding that at this period when consumers are digital savvy&comma; no business owner should prepare for the future without embracing the emerging digital evolution to optimize efficiency and enhance profitability&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;MTN is the first technology company to introduce this to Nigerians&period; 5G connects everything&period; It increases speed and efficiency&period; It unlocks the potential of independent soft ware developers&period; It has business support application&period; It is the best for &OpenCurlyQuote;ease of administration’ and it is a life turning experience that nobody should miss&comma;” Saint-Nwafor advised the audience&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Earlier&comma; in his welcome remarks&comma; the chairman of the Nigeria-South Africa Chamber of Commerce&comma; Osayaba Giwa-Osagie&comma; SAN&comma; noted that the August breakfast meeting was the first physical meeting since the outbreak of pandemic&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He thanked the distinguished audience for keeping faith with the tenets of the Chamber&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Giwa-Osagie urged members to take full advantage of the 5G technological surge newly introduced by MTN&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As business enterprise&comma; let us take full advantage of this emerging surge in technology to drive sales in our various businesses&comma;” he advised&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;