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paulojreis
> "The fine, which amounts to double MTN's profit last year".

I'd love to see such fine applied to the criminal european telcos.

eps
... because they didn't cancel unregistered SIMs.

A subtle hint that you can't fuck around with state mass tracking and surveillance needs.

skc
Well in this specific case the shit apparently really hit the fan when a high ranking government official was kidnapped and the criminals were using unregistered MTN sims to communicate.

So here we are.

mindslight
Telcom has always been deeply entwined with state security. It was just easier to ignore this for the past "web 2.0" decade.

"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it."

saltedshiv
I'm sure that this fine is designed to effectively bankrupt the company so that it can be nationalized by the state.
ogezi
The next south african company that this needs to be done to is DSTV. They are much worse than MTN. I always wonder if they are incompetent because they are south african or because Nigeria isn't serious about regulations. This question is binary.
vuyani
Curious. how are they much worse than MTN?