/ 16 February 2001

NIGERIAN GSM FACES FREQUENCY SNAG

ONE of the four winners of GSM mobile phone licences in Nigeria has blocked the release of a $285m licence fee until authorities sort out a disputed frequency row. Communication Investment Ltd (CIL) said it had been assigned a frequency that is being disputed in court by Nigerian telecoms operator Motophone. The Commission said this week that CIL had not paid the licence fee into its account with Chase Manhattan Bank by a February 9 deadline. CIL had therefore not met its obligations for a licence, it said. – Reuters

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