Subscribers on embattled telecom giant's network in Ondo, other states to experience blackouts

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February 3, 2016 10:19 AM

This is as a result of the closure of the operator’s transmission hubs by the Ondo State government since December last year.

Embattled South Africa-based telecom giant, MTN Nigeria, said yesterday that it will be unable to carry out maintenance and routine services on its network facilities in Ondo State. This means there will be poor or total loss of network coverage on all Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), Point of Sale (PoS) terminals and mobile phones connected to its networks in the state and its environs.

The telecom operator also warned that mobile phone users within its network won’t have access to voice traffic across other operators, data services and international traffic anytime from now.

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In addition, one of its major hub sites for both fibre and microwave transmission which connects the North, South and East will be affected - leading to loss of services in the whole of Ekiti State as well as parts of Edo and Niger States.

Officials of the Ondo State government had sealed MTN’s BTS’ and other facilities in the state on December 23, 2015 following an Ex-Parte court order issued against MTN regarding a tax claim of N458,585,783.12 allegedly owed the Ondo State Board of Internal Revenue Service (OSBIRS) in Pay As You Earn (PAYE); Withholding Tax (WHT); Development levy, Business Premises and Education Endowment taxes by the telecom giant

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