Nigeria, Feb. 9 -- The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Thursday announced that the interconnect debt dispute between MTN Nigeria Communications Plc (MTN) and Globacom Limited (Globacom) has been amicably resolved.

Following this resolution, the NCC said, the approval granted to MTN for the disconnection of Globacom has now been withdrawn.

The commission had on 8 January announced that it approved the partial disconnection of Globacom to MTN due to non-settlement of interconnect charges.

The partial disconnection, according to the commission, would prevent Globacom's subscribers from making calls to MTN, but they would be able to receive calls to the Globacom network. The commission explained that at the expiration of 10 day...