MTN presses FG to amend law allowing further telecoms tariff hike in Nigeria

South Africa’s MTN Group says it is engaging in talks in Nigeria on amending the Nigerian Communications Act (NCA) 2003 to enable further tariff increases by MTN Nigeria, its local subsidiary, and the nation’s largest mobile operator. Ralph Mupita, MTN Group CEO, who dropped the hint, says that the Nigeria Communications Act 2003, the laws […]

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Telecoms Tariff Hike: NCC ex-insider wants Tinubu to tackle alleged ‘hostile takeover of telecoms industry’ by MTN Nigeria 

A former Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) insider has asked President Bola Tinubu, seen in the photo above, to suspend the 50% telecoms tariff hike approved by the industry regulator, and address alleged hostile market takeover by MTN Nigeria, the dominant mobile network operator (MNO) said to be championing the imposition of the price increase to undermine competition.

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MTN to cut off Glo over N6B debt, NCC says

MTN Nigeria has received government’s approval to disconnect rival Glo over interconnect debt owed by the nation’s second national operator. Telecoms industry insiders tell Technology Times that Globacom Limited allegedly owes over N6 billion in interconnect debt to MTN, a development that has warranted the intervention of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), which today alerted […]

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MTN Group remains confident that Starlink’s internet is no competition in Nigeria

South Africa’s MTN Group, the parent company of MTN Nigeria, says they are not worried about competition from the launch of Starlink in Nigeria due to the high cost of the satellite internet service offered by the US company. US-based Starlink operated by SpaceX and owned by tech billionaire Elon Musk says it is launching […]

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