{"id":16536,"date":"2024-06-24T11:00:52","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T11:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=16536"},"modified":"2024-06-24T11:50:43","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T11:50:43","slug":"mtn-not-excluded-from-5g-rollout-ursula-clarifies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=16536","title":{"rendered":"MTN not excluded from 5G rollout \u2013 Ursula clarifies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'>\n                <div class=\"twp-read-time\">\n                \t<i class=\"booster-icon twp-clock\"><\/i> <span>Read Time:<\/span>1 Minute, 8 Second                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div><p>The Minister of Communication and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has clarified that MTN, one of Ghana\u2019s leading telecommunications companies, has not been excluded from the 5G rollout plans.<\/p>\n<p>On May 30, when the government announced its plans to introduce 5G within the next six months, industry experts expressed concerns about why MTN was not part of the consortium \u2013 Next-Gen InfraCo (NGIC) \u2013 tasked with implementing the 5G network.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the issue on the Citi Breakfast Show on Monday, June 24, the Ablekuma West MP informed host Bernard Avle that MTN will be involved at some point.<\/p>\n<p>She refuted the claims that MTN was deliberately excluded, calling them a false alarm and far from the truth.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know who created that impression. Somebody threw it out there, and nobody spoke to me or any of those involved in putting this consortium together before spreading this false alarm. It is not true,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026Discussions are ongoing. All network operators in the country are being offered the opportunity to take up equity in this Next-Gen InfraCo, all of them, including MTN.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the companies that make up the 5G consortium are Ascend Digital, K-NET, Radisys, Nokia, and Tech Mahindra, and two telcos, AT Ghana and Telecel Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/2024\/06\/mtn-not-excluded-from-5g-rollout-ursula-clarifies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MTN not excluded from 5G rollout \u2013 Ursula clarifies<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/citinewsroom.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Citinewsroom &#8211; Comprehensive News in Ghana<\/a>.<\/p>        <div class=\"booster-block booster-reactions-block\">\n            <div class=\"twp-reactions-icons\">\n                \n                <div class=\"twp-reacts-wrap\">\n                    <a react-data=\"be-react-1\" post-id=\"16536\" class=\"be-face-icons un-reacted\" 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