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Nigeria: Communications giant disputes regulator’s finding of market dominance

By  |  May 7, 2013

In response to a recently-released report by the Nigerian Communications Commission, MTN Nigeria Communications Limited has accused the paperwork of being unclear after the communications regulator criticized the telecom company of holding a dominant position in the market. MTN Nigeria is a unit of MTN, based in South Africa. The NCC determined that MTN Nigeria currently holds a 44 percent control over the mobile voice market. Further, the regulator accused the company of developing a “calling club” for MTN customers, as calls between MTN users are about one-third the price of calls placed to other networks. The regulator is now calling for the company to reform its policies in an effort to strengthen competition within the nation’s calling market. But MTN Nigeria has spoken out against the findings, arguing that it is never priced services at below-market prices.

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