Etisalat Nigeria, one of the top four mobile operators in the country, has dragged the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) before a federal government high court in Lagos for favouring its rival, MTN Nigeria, by reversing its 2013 Market Dominance Determination (MDD). According to Etisalat, the development is causing it and other telecom operators to lose revenues running into billions of naira.

Etisalat Nigeria is seeking judicial review of certain actions taken by the NCC which, it believes, is in contravention of the Determination of Dominance issued in April 2013.

In a motion ex parte filed by Mr. Kola Awodein (SAN) on July 15, 2015, Etisalat Nigeria is seeking an order for a judicial review of NCC’s decision approving and allowing a 30 per cent differential between the on-net and off-net retail voice tariff for MTN Nigeria. The approval is said to be in contravention of the obligation imposed on MTN Nigeria under the Determination of Dominance Regulation to collapse its retail voice on-net and off-net tariffs and ensure both tariffs are at par.

In 2012, the NCC conducted a study to assess the level of competition in the Nigeria’s telecoms industry. The Commission thereafter issued a regulation entitled ‘Determination of Dominance in Selected Communications Markets in Nigeria (DDSCMN),’ dated April 25, 2013, wherein it declared MTN Nigeria a Dominant Operator in the Retail Mobile Voice Market segment of the telecommunication industry and directed the firm to immediately collapse the differential between the on-net and off-net retail voice tariffs.

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Hmm

Etisalat get mind. Dem dey sue NCC Chei