The Nigerian Communications Commission has disclosed on Monday that Globacom subscribers will not be able to make calls to MTN lines soon due to the non-settlement of interconnect charges.
This was contained in a public notice signed by Director, Public Affairs Department, Reuben Muoka.
The statement noted that the NCC has granted partial approval for the disconnection of Globacom from MTN Nigeria Communications Plc.
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It said, “Globacom was notified of the application made by MTN and was given the opportunity to comment and state its case.
“The commission, having examined the application and circumstances surrounding the indebtedness, determined that Globacom does not have sufficient or justifiable reason for non-payment of the interconnect charges.”
The NCC ruled that at the expiration of 10 days from the date of this notice, “subscribers of Globacom will no longer be able to make calls to MTN but will be able to receive calls.
“The partial disconnection, however, will allow in-bound calls to the Globacom network.”
Recall that in a 2019 dispute on similar issue, MTN, acting upon a directive from the NCC, disconnected Glo subscribers over a N4bn debt.
An Interconnect charge is the price that telecom operators pay each other for calls terminating on their networks.
According to a source in MTN, Glo owes the firm about N6bn for interconnect fees.
Attempts to get Globacom’s reaction have proved abortive and the firm is yet to make public comment on the issue.
