THE Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that it is yet to renew the mobile operating license of MTN Nigeria.
This was disclosed in a statement by the Director, Public Affairs, NCC, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, on Monday in reaction to an online publication that the license had been renewed and becomes effective from September 1.
The statement reads: “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.
According to the NCC, the online publication had cited regulatory filings by the Commission 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 NCC stated 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.
It added that the “statement is issued for the guidance of our general stakeholders.”
Recall that last month, the NCC had similarly issued a statement to announce that the operating license of Airtel Nigeria had not been renewed as stated in an online publication. It said although the application for renewal had been received, the required regulatory process was still ongoing.
