Bright Simons, the Honorary Vice President of IMANI-Africa, has stated that NextGen Infraco holds an exclusive license to provide 5G services in Ghana for the next ten years.
He elaborated that this would grant NextGen Infraco a monopoly in the telecommunication sector. During his appearance on JoyNews’ Newsfile, Mr Simons revealed that in 2021, MTN applied for a 5G license but was denied access.
As such, he said “We are working very carefully and diabolically to construct a new monopoly that controls multiple telecom access, that for us is very dangerous.”
Bright Simons further noted that this development would further fragment the telecommunications sector. Additionally, he pointed out that shares of NextGen Infraco are owned by companies involved in a questionable deal.
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