The Federal Government says it would use the 5G technology to tackle insecurity in the country.
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami made this known on Tuesday in Abuja at the official launch/roll out of 5G network service by MAFAB Communications.
In his words, “There are so many technologies and artificial intelligence to help our security institutions. All of them leverage effectively all 5G. So, this is in addition to economic benefits
“So, 5G allows real time communications, and this has so many benefits to our security institutions, if they leverage it, because there are so many technological facilities in security that they leverage 5G to allow our security institutions to manage our security challenges effectively, like robots.
“The benefits of 5G deployment is beyond just quality of service. There are so many benefits, because new technology comes along with new benefits like low latency, very high quality broadband, faster network and it allows real time communication or almost near real time communication, 5G can help that.
“Today, using 5G virtual surgery is being conducted globally. They did in the US and also in China. They recently conducted a virtual surgery where the distance between the surgeon and the patient is over 3,000 kilometres, but the surgery was conducted successfully, and in China they did it also recently.”
