Luanda - Three of the four operators with global licenses in Angola received Monday in Luanda their titles for the use of 3.3-3.7 Giga Hertz (GHz) frequencies.
This will enable them to use 5G technology in order to improving telecommunications in the country.
These land mobile telephone titles were delivered by the Angolan Telecommunications Institute (INACOM), to Unitel, Movicel and Africell companies. This last (Africell) made the first official telephone call in Angola on Thursday.
According to the CEO of INACOM, Pascoal Ale Fernandes, 5G will bring many benefits.
But he added that its implementation may pose challenges, thus calling for greater cooperation and shared investments to ensure the success of this process.
"The regulatory framework for sharing electronic communications infrastructure is crucial," he noted.
To him, this is a permanent mission to ensure that market operators have an environment conducive to their growth and competitiveness and that users obtain maximum benefits, in terms of choice of services, price and quality of these services.
“For the consumer, the 5G technology makes it possible to switch faster and more stable, with ease in downloading content using mobile data in a few seconds, or watching high-definition streaming,” he explained.
The official added that the move also gives the possibility of supporting a greater density of equipment at the same time and, thus, increasing the quantity of service and covering more customers per square kilometre.
Likewise, he said it is a historic landmark for telecommunications in the country, as it is one of the biggest levers of social inclusion through the digital means and because it is a system that has already been tested by operators within the scope of the changes that the market imposes.
