Nigerian telecommunications giant Globacom (GLO) has slammed reports accusing them of owing interconnect charges to rival MTN, calling the claims “entirely false” and a result of inaccurate fact-checking.
Earlier in the week, a public notice from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) surfaced online, threatening partial disconnection of GLO over unpaid debts. The notice, signed by NCC Director of Public Affairs Reuben Muoka, stated that GLO’s failure to settle the N1.6 billion debt despite repeated attempts had prompted the action.
However, GLO, speaking to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, have now denied any debt to MTN.
“We are not owing MTN any interconnect charges,” the official stated, adding that proper cross-checking should have been done before such accusations were made.
The official further argued that GLO was a pioneer in the telecommunications industry, breaking the monopoly of foreign companies with their innovative pay-per-second billing system. He criticised the report as an attempt to smear the reputation of Nigeria’s leading indigenous telecoms company.
