The National Communications Authority has given approval for the merger between Bharti Ghana Limited (Airtel) and Millicom Ghana Limited (Tigo), to proceed subject to some conditions.<\/p>\n
A statement from the NCA and copied to\u00a0Citi Business News<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0indicated that the merger will result in an entity which will be the second largest mobile network operations in the country.<\/p>\n The merger, which was first announced in March 2017, required the regulator to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the application and the regulatory ecosystem.<\/p>\n To ensure efficient and equitable distribution and access to the spectrum, the merged entities would have to submit a network integration plan to the Authority which will indicate how they intend to relinquish portions of their total spectrum allocation.<\/p>\n This, however, will be done in phases on geographical area basis and over a period not exceeding eighteen (18) months to avoid disruptions on the network.<\/p>\n On the issue of numbers, the merged entity shall retain all the numbering resources held by the merging entities.<\/p>\n The NCA has also requested the merged entity to submit a plan to educate customers about changes and related measures within 30 days from date of merger.<\/p>\n The merger approval is also conditioned with an option for Government participation.<\/p>\n Based on agreements which have been accepted by the merging entities and the payment of relevant fees, a supplementary agreement to the licenses of the merging entities will be signed between the NCA and the merging entities; the day of the signing of the agreement will be the effective date of the merger.<\/p>\n The merged entity will have a 3G Licence valid until 25th January, 2024, while their 2G Licence will be valid until 30th October, 2021.<\/p>\n The NCA wishes to assure all stakeholders, especially consumers, that their various interests will be protected and that the Authority will endeavor to maintain stability within the industry.<\/p>\n \u2013<\/p>\n By: citibusinessnews.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The National Communications Authority has given approval for the merger between Bharti Ghana Limited (Airtel) and Millicom Ghana Limited (Tigo), to proceed subject to some conditions. A statement from the NCA and copied to\u00a0Citi Business News,\u00a0\u00a0indicated that the merger will result in an entity which will be the second largest mobile network operations in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":287610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,10,11],"tags":[255,3,256,257],"class_list":["post-358593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-slider-1","category-top-stories","tag-airtel","tag-ghana-news","tag-telcos","tag-tigo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=358593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=358593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=358593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=358593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}