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The Minister of Communication and Digitalisation, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, has clarified that MTN, one of Ghana’s leading telecommunications companies, has not been excluded from the 5G rollout plans.
On May 30, the government announced its intention to introduce 5G within the next six months. This announcement raised concerns among industry experts about MTN’s absence from the consortium, Next-Gen InfraCo (NGIC), which is tasked with implementing the 5G network.
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Addressing these concerns on the Citi Breakfast Show on Monday, June 24, Owusu-Ekuful informed host Bernard Avle that MTN would be involved at some point. She refuted claims that MTN was deliberately excluded, calling such assertions a false alarm.
“I don’t 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,” she stated. “Discussions 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.”
Meanwhile, the companies that make up the 5G consortium are Ascend Digital, K-NET, Radisys, Nokia, and Tech Mahindra, along with two telcos, AT Ghana and Telecel Ghana.
