NCC Suspends Issuance of Virtual Operators License, Two Others

The interim suspension of new license issuing to operators in three categories has been issued by the Nigerian Communication Commission. Licences for Mobile Virtual Network Operators, Interconnect Exchangers, and Value-Added Service Aggregators are the categories. A virtual operator is a business that uses the network of a licensed mobile operator to offer mobile services under its own brand name even if it does not possess a license to use mobile spectrum. There are at least 25 operators at the moment. A network feature known as the Interconnect Exchange License makes…

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