The Minister for Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful said Expresso and Glo have been operating below the standards and she is therefore convinced the NCA will soon revoke the license of Expresso.
The Minister for Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has revealed that 2 telecom companies operating in Ghana may have to forfeit their licences if they fail to meet a 30-day ultimatum given by the ministry to answer questions on their poor operations.
In an interview with Accra-based Citi FM, Mrs Owusu-Ekuful said Expresso and Glo have been operating below the standards set by the National Communications Authority (NCA).
She hinted that she is convinced the NCA will soon revoke the license of Expresso.
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“For Expresso, I think the 30 days will end by next week. The letters have gone out. I have just seen a response that they have sent which doesn’t quite address the issues, so I have no doubt that the NCA will proceed to revoke that license and clean out that space. If that happens, those frequencies will be available for either interested Ghanaians or other entrants to also come into the market.”
She said this is part of the Ministry’s objective to sanitize the telecommunications industry and also protect consumers. This she said will help them make the needed revenue for the government for national development.
She added that with this agenda, the NCA will not delay in cracking the whip when telcos break the rules governing the industry.
By this, Mrs Owusu-Ekuful stated that Expresso and Glo are required to present tangible explanations why the NCA should revoke note their licenses.
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“We are moving against telcos who are also flouting the license conditions and we have actually issued notices of intention to revoke the licenses of Expresso and Glo if, within 30 days, they do not live up to their obligations because they are in breach of almost all the regulatory and license obligations as at the end of January,” she warned.
She said this was not the first time the ministry was reaching out to the 2 telcos to improve their services.
She, however, expressed shock that Glo was thriving in Nigeria but was performing poorly in Ghana.
In a related development, Mrs Owusu-Ekuful said that the government will auction the remaining 4G spectrum for telcos in June 2018.
The Minister for Communications, Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful said Expresso and Glo have been operating below the standards and she is therefore convinced the NCA will soon revoke the license of Expresso. Read Full Story
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