AT Ghana’s PPL Net must clear audit arrears before spectrum allocation – Sam George

Communications Minister Sam George has disclosed that PPL Net Ghana Limited must meet key legal and regulatory requirements, including submitting outstanding audited accounts, before it can receive additional spectrum. Speaking at the swearing-in of the company’s new Board of Directors, Sam George said the National Communications Authority (NCA) could not legally allocate spectrum to a company that had failed to submit its audited accounts. “The NCA cannot issue spectrum to a company or an entity that has not submitted audited accounts.

These are base requirements that if you gloss over today, tomorrow can become questions on the grounds of the spectrum,” he stated. Sam George said Cabinet had taken a decision on making spectrum available to PPL Net, which owns and operates the AT Ghana brand. He said he had subsequently issued a policy directive to the NCA to make spectrum available to PPL Net in three different bands, subject to the company meeting the relevant legal requirements.

“I issued a policy directive to the NCA to make spectrum available in, I think, three different bands to PPL, but contingent on meeting the legal requirement,” he explained. According to the Minister, PPL Net’s audited accounts are currently about a year in arrears. The Chief Executive Officer of PPL Net Ghana Limited has welcomed the inauguration of the company’s new Board of Directors, describing it as an opportunity to demonstrate the potential of an all-Ghanaian telecommunications network.

The CEO said the company intends to challenge the perception that telecommunications networks must be large in scale to operate efficiently. He said PPL Net would focus on growing its subscriber base while maintaining operational efficiency as it seeks to strengthen its position in Ghana’s telecommunications market. “This is an opportunity for us to demonstrate what an all-Ghanaian telecommunications network can truly do.

For too long, there has been a belief that a network has to be enormous to be efficient. We intend to challenge that thinking,” the CEO stated. He added that the parent company also has outstanding accounts that need to be addressed.

Sam George said the newly constituted board has a responsibility to address the outstanding issues and position the company to move to the next stage of its operations. “The board has its work cut out for it to ensure that you take the requis… CEO commends staff The CEO also commended staff for keeping the network operational through what he described as a challenging period leading up to the inauguration of the board.