MTN Ghana has initiated a new move in seeking a judicial review of Ghana’s National Communications Authority (NCA)’s decision to declare the telecom a Significant Market Power (SMP) in the country. MTN says that this declaration could mean significant regulatory restrictions being placed upon it by the NCA which could potentially limit the telecom’s growth...
MTN Ghana has announced it will seek judicial review of the National Communication Authority’s (NCA’s) decision earlier this month to designate the operator as having Significant Market Power (SMP) and impose special regulatory restriction on the company. In a statement issued on 26 June, MTN Ghana noted that although it acknowledges the regulator’s duty and powers to promote...
Ghana’s Minister of Communication, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has instructed telecom regulator NCA to commence implementing specific policies to ensure a level-playing field for all network operators within the country’s telecom industry.
The 2019 KnowBe4 African Report collated insights from more than 800 respondents across South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Egypt, Morocco, Mauritius and Botswana to determine their understanding of the growing, global cyber threat.
Main One, a Nigerian connectivity and data services solution provider, has said that the development on the site of its MDXi Data Centre at the Appolonia city in Ghana is moving apace.
To accommodate the surge in internet traffic during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana, President Nana Akufo-Addo has directed the Ministry of Communications to extend the spectrum of networks belonging to MTN and Vodafone, at no cost to the service providers. Ghana’s Communications Minister Ursula Owusu-Ekuful said the restriction of movements in the country has led...
The Ghana Investment Fund for Electronic Communications (GIFEC) has selected US-based company Parallel Wireless to provide mobile telephone connectivity to underserved and unserved areas of the country through the deployment of around 2,000 OpenRAN sites. Although Ghana has a competitive telecoms market, about 1,020 communities do not currently benefit from mobile coverage. According to the...
Ghana’s telecoms regulator the National Communications Authority (NCA) has temporarily granted Vodafone and MTN Ghana additional spectrum to help them cope with a significant increase in internet traffic during the country’s COVID-19 lockdown, reports Ghana Web citing communications minister Ursula Owusu-Ekuful. According to the minister, the additional spectrum has been granted to the country’s two largest mobile network...
Further to the roll out of its asset realisation programme (‘ARP’), introduced in March 2019, MTN Group has confirmed it has received regulatory approval for the disposal of its stake in ATC Ghana. This follows the company’s announcement on 11 March 2020 reporting its 2019 annual results and the conclusion of the disposal of its...
MTN Ghana delivered strong double-digit growth in nearly all business indicators for the year ended 31 December 2019. This buoyant growth largely came from voice revenue (up 19.4%), data (up 32.5%) and Mobile Money (MoMo) (up 28%). MTN Ghana’s success during the year is further illustrated by subscriber growth, which increased by 12.3% to 22.6...
