AIRTEL TIGO GHANA LDT (APPELLANT/APPLICANT) vs. NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY ACCRA (RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT) [2019]DLECT7095

AIRTEL TIGO GHANA LDT (APPELLANT/APPLICANT) vs. NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORIT... [2019]DLECT7095

Date	2019-01-31
Suit No.	APPEAL NO: ECT/APP/013/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLECT7095

PROFESSOR JUSTICE DATE-BAH (PRESIDING)

PROFESSOR QUAYNOR

MR AKPADZI

ANTHONY FORSON (WITH KWESI COLEMAN

SUSANNA NYAMPONG AND DENNIS ARMAH) FOR THE APPELLANT

ROBERT APAYA FOR THE RESPONDENT.

[2019]DLECT7095
																																						<div class="restriction-wrapper">
														<div class="container-lg">
															<div class="row">
																<div class="col-md-12 restricted-content">
																	<div class="restricted-content-img-wrapper">
																		<div class="lock-icon bounce-7">
																			<img class=""
																				src="https://dennislawgh.com/dl-assets/dl-images/lock-content.png"
																				alt="Subscription based content">
																		</div>
																	</div>
																	 
																		<a href="https://dennislawgh.com/login"
																		class="btn btn-primary btn-lg"
																		style="font-family: 'open sans'; text-transform: capitalize; border-radius: 8px"> 
																		Login to Read Full Case </a>
																	 
																	
																</div>
															</div>
														</div>
													</div>
													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:20.6pt;margin-right:21.1pt;
margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;
mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;
mso-border-shadow:yes">AIRTEL TIGO GHANA LDT<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Courier New&quot;;
color:#00B050"><o:p></o:p>(APPELLANT/APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY ACCRA<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>(ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS TRIBUNAL)<o:p></o:p>APPEAL NO: ECT/APP/013/2018&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE:
31ST JANUARY 2019<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
padding:31.0pt 31.0pt 1.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes;margin-left:0in;
margin-right:21.8pt">

</div>COUNSEL: <o:p></o:p>ANTHONY
FORSON (WITH KWESI COLEMAN, SUSANNA NYAMPONG AND DENNIS ARMAH) FOR THE
APPELLANT <o:p></o:p>ROBERT
APAYA FOR THE RESPONDENT. <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
padding:31.0pt 31.0pt 1.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes;margin-left:0in;
margin-right:21.8pt">

<o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p>PROFESSOR
JUSTICE DATE-BAH (PRESIDING), PROFESSOR QUAYNOR, MR AKPADZI <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
padding:31.0pt 31.0pt 1.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes;margin-left:0in;
margin-right:21.8pt">

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>RULING
ON MOTION ON NOTICE FOR STAY OF EXECUTION PENDING APPEAL<o:p></o:p>PROFESSOR DATE-BAH, JSC
(RETIRED): This is the unanimous Ruling of the Tribunal. The Applicant,
on the
18th
day of December 2018, filed a Notice of Appeal
expressing dissatisfaction with a decision of the National Communication
Authority dated the 21st day of November 2018.
The Appellant/Applicant has pleaded that this decision imposed a sanction on it
for non-compliance with quality of service requirements in the amount of eleven
million, six hundred and thirty-five thousand Ghana Cedis. The
Appellant/Applicant contends that this decision is wrongful and invalid. In
support of this contention, the Appellant/Applicant has
filed six grounds of appeal. These are: <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:14.15pt;margin-right:23.5pt;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:
none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:
yes">1.