Nigeria has said that the renewal of mobile licence for the South African mobile giant, MTN, will walt intil the application by the company, which is still undergoing required regulatory processes, is approved.
The country’s Communication Commission, which said this in s statement to Platforms Africa, debunked report by an online media entitled “Govt renews MTN Nigeria licence amid 20 years of GSM Phones.”
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The report (not in Platforms Africa) showed to the effect that the mobile operating licence of MTN has been renewed by the Commission for another period of 10 years.
The online publication, which cited regulatory filings by the NCC as its source, stated that “MTN Nigeria, the nation’s largest mobile network operator (MNO), has secured regulatory approval of the renewal of its operating licence for another 10 years with effect from September 1, 2021.”
The Commission wishes to state that while MTN Nigeria has applied for the renewal of the Unified Access Service Licence (UASL) granted to it by the Commission, the application is yet to be approved as it is still undergoing required regulatory processes.
This statement is issued for the guidance of our general stakeholders.
