The Supreme Court has upheld an appeal by Ghana Telecommunications Company against a $16 million judgment by the Swedru High Court in a land dispute with Ogyeedom Obranu Kwasi Atta IV, Chief of Gomoa Afransie, in 2017. In 2020, the Court of Appeal in Cape Coast affirmed the High Court judgment. But in a short […]
The declaration of MTN Ghana as a Significant Market Power (SMP) in the country’s telecommunications sector has resulted in an asymmetric savings of GH¢86.6 million for the smaller Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) in the last two years. The SMP was meant, among many other things, to set a level playing field and limit the ability […]
The total value of Mobile Money transactions in the first two months of 2023 hit ¢264.1 billion, about 72.6% growth year-on-year. This significant growth shows that Mobile Money transactions is hitting record highs despite the Electronic Transaction Levy (E-Levy). In the first two months of 2022, total Mobile Money Transactions stood at 153 billion According […]
The National Communications Authority (NCA) has granted a conditional approval for the transfer of the 70 per cent majority shares in Vodafone Ghana to Telecel Group. This is subject to concessions made by Vodafone and representations made by Telecel to the NCA. It is still pursuant to the evaluation of the revised proposal from the […]
The National Communications Authority has denied an application by the Vodafone Group to transfer 70% majority Shares in Vodafone Ghana to the Telecel Group. The NCA in a press release issued today said the application did not meet the regulatory threshold for the approval to be granted. “In January 2022, the NCA received an application for the […]
Lotto Marketing Companies (LMCs) have accused Keed Ghana Limited and Mobile telecommunication companies, MTN, Vodafone and Aiteltigo of deceiving the public with regards to mobile game *959#. According to a statement issued by the companies and sighted by BestNewsGH.com, they described a recent press release issued by Keed Ghana limited as misleading and full of […]
The Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications on behalf of its members, AirtelTigo, MTN and Vodafone says telecom service charges will go up from the 1st of November 2018, coming on the heels of tariff modification, following the implementation of the new tax laws. The government as part of the 2018 mid-year review of the budget amended […]
