The Government of Ghana has announced its partnership with seven industry players on a new shared infrastructure to deliver affordable 5G mobile broadband services across Ghana. The seven partners are Ascend Digital, K-NET, Radisys, Nokia, and Tech Mahindra and two telcos – AT Ghana and Telecel Ghana.
Techfocus24 gathered from very reliable sources that MTN Ghana is having a separate discussion with the government on their 5G strategy, possibly outside of the shared infrastructure arrangement. It is early days yet. Explore the world of impactful news with CitiNewsroom on WhatsApp!
Minister for Communications and Digitalization, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful said, “The creation of a shared 5G Mobile Broadband Infrastructure is critical for delivering affordable, high-speed data access to the people of Ghana and help achieve our Digital Ghana vision.
Meanwhile, the leading telco in Ghana, which is also the only significant market power (SMP), MTN Ghana is completely missing from the picture in this all-important shared 5G infrastructure.
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