NCC Plans to Review MTN Nigeria’s Call Rates as Dominant Operator With in the Sector

According to NCC, “MTN Nigeria has 44 per cent market share of the mobile voice telephony market while there is also a wide differential of about 300 per cent between on-net and off-net calls “and this is indicative of the likely establishment of a calling club for MTN subscribers.”

For this major reason, the company’s call rates will be reviewed by the commission as part of a new inspection criteria which will be implemented from May 1, 2013.

Executive Vice Chairman of Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), Eugene Juwah, said that the implementation of the new check measures from May 1 is to check abuse of dominant market power by operators and ensure that Nigerian consumers get a better deal.