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Telecom regulator, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), said it is yet to approve application by MTN Nigeria for renewal of its Unified Access Service Licence (UASL) dismissing an online report which made a contrary claim.
In an official statement signed by Director, Public Affairs, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde, the commission stated that the telecom operator’s application is yet to be approved and “still undergoing required regulatory processes.”
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Read the full statement by the NCC
The attention of the Nigerian Communications Commission has been drawn to a publication in an online media entitled “Govt renews MTN Nigeria licence amid 20 years of GSM Phones” to the effect that the mobile operating license of MTN has been renewed by the Commission for another period of ten years.
The online publication which cited regulatory filings by the Nigerian Communications Commission (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 and Service (UASL) License 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.
