Section 91: Anti-competition practices.
(1) A licensee shall not engage in any conduct which has the purpose or effect of substantially lessening competition in any aspect of the Nigerian communications market.
(2) The Commission may from time to time publish guidelines or regulations which clarify the meaning of "substantial lessening of competition" in the Nigerian communications market and such guidelines or regulations may include references to-
(a) the relevant economic market;
(b) global trends in the relevant market;
(c) the impact of the conduct on the number of competitors in a market and their market shares;
(d) the impact of the conduct on barriers to entry into the market;
(e) the impact of the conduct on the range of services in the market;
(f) the impact of the conduct on the cost and profit structures in the market; and
(g) any other matters which the Commission is satisfied are relevant.
(3) A licensee shall not enter into any understanding, agreement or arrangement, whether legally enforceable or not, which provides for-
(a) rate fixing;
(b) market sharing ;
(c) boycott of another competitor;
(d) boycott of a supplier of apparatus or equipment ; or
(e) boycott of any other licensee.
(4) A licensee shall not, at any time or in any circumstance, make it a condition for the provision or supply of a product or service in a communications market that the person acquiring such product or service in the communications market is also required to acquire or not to acquire any other product or service either from himself or from another person.
Cite this section
Section 91, NIGERIAN COMMUNICATIONS ACT (2003).
https://repo.podus.ai/laws/nigerian-communications-act/section/91/