Etisalat Nigeria has sued MTN Nigeria and Visafone Ltd, testing MTN's utilization of the 800megahertz (MHZ) range taking after the procurement of Visafone.
Etisalat said it considered the activity important to keep the utilization of the range by MTN right now, as it will settle in the predominance of MTN in the retail information administrations market.
"You will review that MTN Nigeria was announced prevailing by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in 2013 and stays overwhelming in the wholesale rented line and retail voice markets.The utilization of the 800MHz range to send broadband administrations in front of its rivals, especially the individuals who before MTNs buy of Visafone, held comparative range groups as MTN, will assist dig in MTN's strength in the Nigerian information transfers area," Etisalat said in an announcement affirmed by its Head of Media, Chineze Amanfo, yesterday.
The telco said it had, notwithstanding the lawful activity and in accordance with Section 86 of the Nigerian Communications Act, 2003, connected with the NCC to comprehend the premise of its choice to endorse the securing.
"As you know, the matter is as of now in court in that capacity, we are limited from remarking further on the matter," the telco included.MTN had sued the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) over the burden of N780billion fine on it by the controller for harboring about 5.2million pre-enlisted supporter personality module (SIM) cards on its system disregarding surviving tenets.
