Kofi Ahovi

 MTN, since its entry into the Ghanaian telecoms space, has constantly posted impressive growth while its multinational counterparts, Vodafone and AirtelTigo seem to struggle behind. Glo made a very gallant entry into the market, but now it is virtually non-existent, as they have cut back on the coverage and focused solely on the Ghanaian triangle of Greater Accra, Ashanti and Western regions. This concentration in the three major regions of the country and their environs, has left a wide range of dark spots across the country. The National Communications Authority’s Quality of Service Reports are there to show. The industry, nonetheless, is growing on the back of MTN’s significant growth. So, what is driving MTN’s consistent growth in Ghana’s telecoms sector? One key explanation to MTN’s continuous growth is the nature of the service providers’ tower co-location arrangement. There is recorded evidence to show that the leading tower company – ATC Ghana, which commands about 60% of ...

  Information reaching TechGH24 indicates that there are ongoing discussions within the corridors of the Ministry of Communications and Digitalization about creating a duopoly in Ghana telecoms industry. A duopoly means there will be only two key players on the telecoms market – most likely MTN and one other player. The source indicated that the idea is to have another player that can give the overwhelming market leader, MTN, fair competition, which would go a long way to benefit Ghanaians in terms of quality of service and affordability. It is not clear how the ministry intends to go about it, but the source, who is an expert industry player, thinks the best way to do it is to merge AirtelTigo and Vodafone, which will create an a sizeable entity with over 40% market share and can compete well with MTN. Glo has been struggling to survive in the market with a market share hovering around one per cent most of the time. At the last count, MTN had 57% voice market share and a whopping ...