Globacom Ltd. has denied that the reports making round that it was owing MTN interconnect charges.  

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in a report on Tuesday, stated that a reliable source in Globacom disclosed that the amount due for payment was N1.6 billion and it had been paid without controversy. 

The telco official who spoke with NAN said a proper cross-checking of facts ought to have been done before concluding that Globacom owes MTN. 

“We are not owing MTN any interconnect charges,” the Glo official was quoted to have said.

The Globacom official further stated that Glo was the first telecoms company that introduced the pay-per-second form of billing which cut the monopoly of the other foreign companies operating in Nigeria. 

Recall that thelagostimes had earlier reported that the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) approved a partial disconnection of Globacom by MTN over the former’s refusal to pay interconnect debt.    

In a notice, NCC disclosed that Globacom had 10 days, starting from January 8, to pay the debt or the disconnection would be implemented.  

The partial disconnection means that Globacom’s subscribers will not be able to make calls to any MTN number. However, Glo customers can receive inbound calls from MTN customers.