List of 5G compatible phones as FG rolls out services

<p><strong>The Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission &lpar;NCC&rpar;&comma; Umar Danbatta&comma; said on Thursday the Fifth Generation &lpar;5G&rpar; technology would be rolled out this year&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Danbatta&comma; who stated this at the 90th Edition of Telecom Consumer Parliament held in Lagos&comma; added that the commission with the support of the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy would roll out the 5G technology from 23 August&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He said the deployment of the 5G spectrum would further accelerate the growth of Nigeria’s broadband services&comma; Dailytrust reports&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In his address&comma; the NCC chief also disclosed that final letters of award have been issued to MTN and Mafab Communications&comma; which emerged winners of the 3&period;5GHz Spectrum auction conducted on December 13&comma; 2021&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>His words&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In line with the information memorandum&comma; the licensees are expected to commence the rollout of 5G services effective from August 24&comma; 2022&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The successful completion of the process leading to the final letters is confirmation that the rollout of 5G technology services in Nigeria is on course&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The potential for expansion is a great opportunity for 5G deployment as operators are certain of recouping their investment&period; The technology is associated with exceptionally high speed”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1>How to check if your phone is 5G compatible<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>Step 1&colon; Open network settings First&comma; go to &&num;8220&semi;Settings&&num;8221&semi; and open the &&num;8220&semi;Preferred network type&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In case you&&num;8217&semi;re using Redmi Note 5 Pro &lpar;Dual SIM&rpar;&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Go to&colon; &&num;8220&semi;Settings&&num;8221&semi; &gt&semi; &&num;8220&semi;SIM cards &amp&semi; mobile networks&&num;8221&semi; &gt&semi; select a SIM &gt&semi; &&num;8220&semi;Preferred network type&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If 5G is listed among them&comma; then your phone supports 5G&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h1>Here are some of the 5G compatible phone<&sol;h1>&NewLine;<p>For android&comma; vivo V20 Pro 5G&comma; Samsung Galaxy A51 5G&comma; google pixel 6&comma; OnePlus 8 Pro&comma; Motorola moto g 5G&comma; Oppo Reno 5 Pro 5G&comma; Xiaomi Mi 10T&comma; Realme V3 and Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra among others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For an iPhone user only iPhone 12&comma; and iPhone 13 models are 5G compatible&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;