The Nigerian Communication Commission,NCC,has said that contrary to news circulating in the media,the body is yet to renew the Operating license of Airtel Nigeria.
The refutal was contained in a statement by Dr Ikechukwu Adinde,the NCC Director of Public Affairs.
The statement quoted the Managing Director
and Chief executive officer of Airtel,Mr Segun Ogunsanya, as saying in a recent statement that the Operating License of the company,which was among the first two to be granted operating license in the country, has been renewed by NCC for another ten years.
Dr Adinde said that while it is true that Airtel has applied for the renewal of its Universal Access Service license,UASL granted to it by the NCC,the application is yet to be approved as it is still undergoing required regulatory process.
See full statement below:
* *Airtel’s Mobile Operating License Pending Renewal by NCC’*
The attention of the Nigerian Communications Commission has been drawn to a recent statement on an online publication credited to the Managing Director/Chief Executive Office of Airtel Nigeria,Mr Segun Ogunsanya, to the effect that the mobile operating license of Airtel has been renewed by the Commission for another period of ten years.
Mr. Ogunsanya was said to have made the statement while speaking in Lagos on Wednesday, July 14, 202, during the media launch of Airtel’s corporate social responsibility programme, ‘Touching Lives 6’.
The Commission wishes to state that while Airtel Nigeria has applied for the renewal of the Universal 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 process.
This statement is issued for the guidance of our stakeholders.
Signed:
Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde
Director, Public Affairs
