{"id":89454,"date":"2021-12-02T14:17:25","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T13:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=89454"},"modified":"2021-12-02T14:17:25","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T13:17:25","slug":"5g-mtn-airtel-one-other-emerge-top-bidders-as-ncc-sets-date-for-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/5g-mtn-airtel-one-other-emerge-top-bidders-as-ncc-sets-date-for-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"5G: MTN, Airtel, One Other Emerge Top Bidders As NCC Sets Date For Auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced that three telecoms companies have qualitied as approved bidders of the forthcoming 3.5 gigahertz (Ghz) spectrum auction for the deployment of Fifth generation (5G) networks in the country.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe qualified bidders that have met the criteria for participation in the licensing process of 3.5Ghz spectrum, including payment of the stipulated Intention to Bid Deposit (IBD) as outlined in the Information Memorandum (IM), are include MTN Nigeria Plc., Mafab Communications Limited and Airtel Networks Limited.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nA statement by the Director, Public Affairs of NCC, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde noted that the stage is set for the three companies to participate in the Main Auction as well as in the mandatory Mock Auction process, which will come as a precursor to the Main Auction.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cThe Commission has also reaffirmed the dates for the conduct of both the Mock Auction and the Main Auction.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cThe Mock Auction is scheduled to hold on Friday, December 10, 2021 at Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja by 11:00 a.m., while the Main Auction will hold on Monday, December 13, 2021 at the same venue and same time,\u201d the statement added.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced that three telecoms companies have qualitied as approved bidders of the forthcoming 3.5 gigahertz (Ghz) spectrum auction for the deployment of Fifth generation&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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