NATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY vs. TRANS-AFRICA TELECOM LTD. [2016]DLCA4766

Date	2016-06-08
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/17/15
Citation No.	[2016]DLCA4766

OFOE J.A. (PRESIDING)

ACQUAYE J.A.

WELBOURNE (MRS) J.A.

STEPHANIE AMARTEIFIO FOR THE DEFENDANT/APPELLANT

ROBERT ALLOH FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

[2016]DLCA4766
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NATIONAL
COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>TRANS-AFRICA
TELECOM LTD.<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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APPEAL NO. H1/17/15&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DATE:
8TH JUNE, 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>STEPHANIE AMARTEIFIO FOR
THE DEFENDANT/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>OFOE J.A.&nbsp; (PRESIDING), ACQUAYE J.A., WELBOURNE (MRS)
J.A.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>WELBOURNE (MRS), J.A.<o:p></o:p>This is an appeal against
the judgment of the High Court dated 3rd July 2013.<o:p></o:p>The
Background<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;“According to a recent World Bank economic
analysis of 120 countries, for every 10 percentage point increase in the
penetration of broadband services, there is an increase in economic growth of
1.3 percentage points. This growth effect of broadband is significant and
stronger in developing countries than in developed economies, and it is higher
than that of telephony and internet.”
(Culled from Information and Communication for Development (IC4D), 2009, World
Bank Group).<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>With this report in mind, as per page 282
of the Record of Appeal it is said that “It
is the &nbsp;Government’s objective that every
citizen and resident of the Republic of Ghana shall have access to high quality
and affordable Broadband services to facilitate the accelerated transformation
of Ghana into a knowledge-based society and technology driven economy”.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Further, the Ghana Investment Promotion
Centre (GIPC) ICT Sector Profile indicates that, the telecommunications sector
contributed 6% of GDP in 2005 compare to 1.8% in 2000, pointing to a growing
impact of Telecom on the economic development of Ghana.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Other key objectives as per the National
Telecom Policy (NTP’OS) are as follows:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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Universal access for all
communities and population groups in Ghana to telephone, Internet and multimedia
services by the year 2010;<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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