Nigerian Communications Commission issues disconnection notice to telecommunications operators
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has issued notice for the disconnection of Exchange Telecommunications Limited (Exchange) from MTN Nigeria Communications Limited as a result of non-settlement of interconnect charges.
Penpushing reports that that Director, Public Affairs, Reuben Muoka made this known in a statement titled ‘Pre-Disconnection Notice Made Pursuant to the Nigerian Communications Act 2003 and the Guidelines for Procedure for Granting Approval to Disconnect Telecommunications Operators, 2012’
The statement added that this followed approval granted the commission, stressing that exchange was notified of the application and was given opportunity to comment and state its case, explaining that the commission, having examined the application and circumstances surrounding the indebtedness, determined that exchange does not have sufficient reason for non-payment of the interconnect charges.
‘The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) hereby notifies the public that approval has been granted for the disconnection of Exchange Telecommunications Limited (Exchange) from MTN Nigeria Communications Limited (MTN) as a result of non-settlement of interconnect charges’, Muoka wrote.
Penpushing further reports that the statement emphasized that the general public should take notice that the commission has approved the disconnection of exchange to MTN in accordance with section 100 of the Nigerian Communications Act, 2003 and the guidelines on procedure for granting approval to disconnect telecommunications operators, 2012.
‘At the expiration of 5 (Five) days from the date of this notice, MTN will discontinue passing voice and data traffic through Exchange and will, thereafter, utilise alternative channels in interconnecting with other Network Service. Please note that this disconnection will subsist until otherwise determined by the commission’, the statement read.
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