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MTN Uganda to Appeal High Court Ruling on US$14.4m license case against UCC

by CEO Reporter
MTN Uganda CEO Wim Vanhellepute (left) and UCC Ag. Executive Director, Irene Kaggwa Sewankambo exchange license agreements on July 10th, 2020. MTN, starting July 1st, 2020, acquired a 12-year 2nd National Operating License, at a fixed cost of USD100 million. Immediately after the new license, UCC in a letter dated July 22, 2020, directed MTN to pay USD14,140,030 as transitional licence fees for the transitional period October 21, 2018 to June 30 2020, an amount MTN contested in court and lost. PHOTO/Courtesy
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MTN Uganda has responded to a ruling by the High Court where the telecom giant lost a casein which it was challenging the payment of US$14, 140,030 (UGX50 billion) as license fees for a three-year transitional period from October 21, 2018 to June 30 2020. In a Tuesday 4th May 2021 statement, MTN says: “On April 24, 2021, MTN Uganda received a ruling from the Civil Division of the High Court o

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