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Nigeria - The Federal High Court in Lagos has rejected an application by MTN Nigeria for a long adjournment in the suit filed against it by its competitor – Etisalat over the 'Friends and Family' Promo, Punch reports.
Excerpt:
Etisalat had headed for the court over an allegation that the Nigerian Communications Commission was giving MTN market advantage over it.
The plaintiff is aggrieved with the MTN’s “Family and Friends” promo, which offers a call rate of 11 kobo per second to eight MTN subscribers and two non-MTN subscribers.
Etisalat argued that MTN’s “Family and Friends” promo was launched in violation of NCC’s regulation, adding that the promo package was restricting outgoing call traffic to smaller operators “by pricing on-net tariffs lower so as to make off-net calls unattractive.”
Etisalat said MTN was posing a threat to its business survival, adding that if the court did not urgently hear the suit, its business was liable to being eroded within a very short time.
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Excerpt:
Etisalat had headed for the court over an allegation that the Nigerian Communications Commission was giving MTN market advantage over it.
The plaintiff is aggrieved with the MTN’s “Family and Friends” promo, which offers a call rate of 11 kobo per second to eight MTN subscribers and two non-MTN subscribers.
Etisalat argued that MTN’s “Family and Friends” promo was launched in violation of NCC’s regulation, adding that the promo package was restricting outgoing call traffic to smaller operators “by pricing on-net tariffs lower so as to make off-net calls unattractive.”
Etisalat said MTN was posing a threat to its business survival, adding that if the court did not urgently hear the suit, its business was liable to being eroded within a very short time.
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