Days after the commencement of the initial lockdown on paramount cities in Nigeria, people moderately settled in on life without the normal day-to-day shuttle in a fuss city like Lagos, Nigeria. Hence, the Internet has become a lot more essential as diverse services displaced online.

Hitherto, all telecommunication companies operating in Nigeria has its data price at the normal-standad rate. Controversially, network service experience have remain the same or become worst for others. This current state has brought about Internet connectivity to the minds of individuals.

Accidentally, perplex conjectures have been linking the evolution of 5G tech and the extension of the Covid-19 pandemic all over the globe.

HCamrone’s Blog sneaked a peek at what the new 5G technology is all about, the technological controversies and its existence in Nigeria.

[img][/img]What is 5G?
5G is the fifth generation of wireless communications technologies supporting cellular data networks. Basically, it is an improvement from 4G and is focused at enhancing connection speed not only between persons but also between appliances, items and devices – which will also bring about the advancements in emerging technologies like Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the rest.



Who owns 5G?
5G is not “owned” or “possessed” by any human being, but, likewise previous generations; companies are liable to possess patents in the technology, in essence receiving royalties from facilitators.

In 2019, Wall Street Journal reportedly stated that Chinese companies, Huawei and ZTE Corp. have put out exceedingly more suggestions — and also are part of the largest holders of key 5G patents.



What are the exact benefits of 5G?
Experts say the move from 3G to 4G LTE was about swift browsing experience, which now developing gradually to 5G is much more beneficiary will bring to public in the forthcoming decade are candidly revolutionary.

Also to accelerate Internet speed, 5G is said to accelerate the mass acceptance of technologies which depend on Internet connectivity, connecting diverse drones to virtual reality, remote surgery, self-driving and Internet of things.



How is 5G different from other ‘Gs’?
The “G” normally associated with cellular networks stands for generation. Better than 4G and other preceding generations, 5G broadband is expected to broaden the volume for mobile networks, making it feasible for devices to access the network.

In alliance to a post made by Verizon, 2G has a maximum speed of about 50kbps (kilobytes per second) and allows basic operations like calls, SMS and MMS. 3G networks reach up to 2mbps (megabytes per second) when motionless or stationary.

4G, which is the contemporary standard, is 500 times faster than 3G and reinforce more advanced schemes like HD video streaming and video convention which speeds up to 100s per Mbps.

5G varies from all of the precursory generations is in its peak volume and lower latency, which when information is dispatched from a device pending when it will be used by a receiver.



What’s the effect of 5G in other countries?
Developed countries like the UK, Germany, the United States, South Korea have since installed the 5G network in some of their cities and have started selling its suitable devices to other nations also.

5G is said to account for 20% of world connections by 2025 and companies like Samsung, Qualcomm, Nokia, Huawei, ZTE and Intel are leading the charge for its mainstream acceptance globally.

5G distribution is still in its debut so it’s unduly premature to state the effects it has had so far on these countries.



Is 5G in Nigeria?
At the moment, there is no 5G network in Nigeria. The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) had a trial test for 3 months which has since been concluded.

In the year 2019, the NCC gave permission for the South African telco, MTN, to ascertain the likelihood of 5G technology in three major cities – Lagos, Calabar and the Federal Capital Territory Abuja. The test lasted for three months and has since concluded.

Moreover, there is presently no fully functioning 5G network server in Nigeria or by augmentation, Africa. The NCC confirmed that 5G radio frequencies are available to be issued out when the time is due.



Will 5G arrive in Nigeria?
The number of studies, and some observations, Nigeria’s Internet speed is a far cry from what is obtainable in other countries of the world.


Therefore, the 5G interface is still in its beginnings globally, hence, no exact period or time can be given to when 5G will arrive at Nigeria.


Is 5G more dangerous than 3G and 4G?
Before the coronavirus epidemic, discussions concerning 5G effects on people’s health required to the type of radiation it emits and higher frequencies.

Electromagnetic radiation can cause cancer, 5G creates a form of radiation that might penetrate and damage human cells. Whilst 5G frequencies are a bit higher than 4G and 3G, the World Health Organisation (WHO) released a statement about the new technology.

“To date, and after much research performed, no adverse health effect has been causally linked with exposure to wireless technologies. Health-related conclusions are drawn from studies performed across the entire radio spectrum and provided that the overall exposure remains below international guidelines, no consequences for public health are anticipated.”



Can 5G be used as a weapon?
5G networks is solely a telecommunications technology and not a military technology. After all we’ve established its health effects, 5G cannot be used directly or indirectly as a weapon.

Reports from the United States’s Congressional Research Service (CRS), affirmed that the capacities of military technologies will be much improved with the increased rate that will give rise to 5G technology.

The CRS states:
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“The military technologies and services such as autonomous vehicles, command and control (C2), reconnaissance (ISR) systems, maintenance, augmented and virtual reality, and intelligence, logistics and surveillance will obtain a huge improvement from 5G.”[/center]



Is 5G behind the rapid spread of coronavirus?
No, it is not. Countering this claim, NCC disclosed that there is no relationship between the ‘5G Technology and Coronavirus’. Also, the WHO says “a broad number of researches have been portrayed over the last two decades to evaluate whether mobile phones are liable to cause potential health risk (and) to date, no unfavourable health effects have been accepted as being caused by the use of mobile phones.”

As attested by the European centre for disease control, COVID-19 are households of viruses that can be transmitted by living things. Coronavirus is a modern tension that has formerly been unseen in humans.

In accordance with WHO, COVID-19 increase primarily through coming in contact with an infected person when they sneeze or cough. It can also spread when a person makes use of an object or touches a surface that has the virus on it, then touches their face.

Pronto, there’s no scrutiny linking the COVID-19 and technologies in telco companies such as 5G.

Basically, having symptoms of coronavirus after touching any telecom device, might not the telecom device itself, but may be as result of previous contact with an infected person.

5G has come to stay. will it be the end, i doubt it? many other Gs are still coming as human cannot be tamed. What will africa be shouting about then when we have smart cities all over other continents and Africa is still doing open defecation and has tsunami of bad leadership?

Why are some of u still adamantly stupid??