Airtel Nigeria seeks cut in interconnect rate

Bharti Airtel has called on the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to reduce the interconnect charges between operators to enable a further reduction in call tariffs. Group Director for Corporate Affairs at Bharti Airtel, Marender Gupta stressed that at NGN 9, the nation's interconnect rate was too high. Gupta also called on the NCC to speed up the start of number portability, according to ThisDay newspaper.