Nigeria, Oct. 21 -- The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has granted Airtel Networks Limited an approval to partially disconnect Globacom from its network.

The regulatory agency said the approval was because of Globacom's failure to settle interconnect debts.

The partial disconnection will make it impossible for Glo subscribers to make calls to Airtel network. They, however, can receive calls from the network.

Details of the decision showed that the disconnection will take effect from October 28.

Tussle

Earlier in the year, MTN had accused Globacom of refusing to pay up its interconnect indebtedness and threatened to disconnect Glo subscribers, leading to NCC's intervention.

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