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The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), hasslammed a hefty fine of US$5 billion (N980 billion) on
leading telecommunications service provider, MTN
Nigeria, for failing to disconnect subscribers with
unregistered SIM cards bought before January 2012.
By law, all SIM cards bought in Nigeria from that
date are supposed to be registered under the user’s name
and all telecommunications’ companies were told to
register their existing subscribers’ cards.
However, it was learnt that MTN Nigeria, which is
the biggest telecommunications firm in Nigeria – failed
to comply.
The fine is the largest in the history of telecoms
infringements in Nigeria and may re-define the
existing relationships between operators and the
regulator.
Nigerians continue to groan under the weight of poor
services from mobile network operators and blame the
NCC for not doing enough to correct the anomaly.
A senior executive at MTN Nigeria told the BBC
that an official statement on the fine would be issued
later on Monday.
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