MTN Nigeria yesterday confirmed that it has suspended its plan to implement charges around the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) code being used for bank transactions.
Starnews had reported that Mobile Telephone Network operator in Nigeria, popularly known as MTN, on Sunday, messaged all their customers, notifying them of the introduction of direct charges on all customers accessing banking services through the use of USSD, Starnews has learnt.
The suspension came on the heels of the directive given by the Minister of Communications, Dr. Isa Pantami, calling on the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the telecoms industry regulator, to ensure that the planned implementation of the USSD code charges are suspended.
Senior Manager, External Relations at MTN Nigeria, Mr. Funso Aina, confirmed to THISDAY yesterday that the telecommunications company had complied with the suspension order.
Aina told THISDAY that the implementation process was to commence on Monday, but that MTN did not commence the implementation, based on the minister’s directive.
USSD is a Global System for Mobile (GSM) communication technology that is used to send text between a mobile phone and an application programme in the network.
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