MTN’s UAS License yet to be renewed by NCC

NCC says online publication claim that it has renewed MTN’s Unified Access Service (UAS) License is false

IT News Nigeria:

The apex telecoms regulator, Nigerian Communications Commission announced Monday that an online publication claims that it has renewed MTN’s Unified Access Service (UAS) License is false.

This is according to a statement signed by Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, Director, Public Affairs at the Commission.

“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,” he said.

Recently, NCC also denied an online publication credited to the Managing Director of Airtel Nigeria, Mr. Olusegun Ogunsanya, that the mobile operating licence of Airtel has been renewed by the Commission for another period of 10 years.

NCC added that 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.”

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Dr. Adinde said 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, he concluded.