Ucc Backtracks On Directive to Telecom Companies.

Byline: Walter Wafula

The Uganda Communications Commission has withdrawn a declaration it made last week in respect of new charges it has adopted for voice telephony services in Uganda.

At a press conference this Tuesday, Mr David Ogong, the director, competition and corporate affairs said; "UCC had not issued a directive to telecommunication operators in form of retail tariff guidelines as reported in the press." "The commission is concluding the process of consultation with industry players and other stakeholders," he said at the press conference in Kampala. The process started in January this year.

But in a public notice issued by the same Commission on …