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MTN telecom chief executive quits after Nigeria fine
- paulojreis 11y ago> "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 11y ago... because they didn't cancel unregistered SIMs. A subtle hint that you can't fuck around with state mass tracking and surveillance needs.
- skc 11y agoWell 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 11y agoTelcom 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 11y agoI'm sure that this fine is designed to effectively bankrupt the company so that it can be nationalized by the state.
- ogezi 11y agoThe 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 11y agoCurious. how are they much worse than MTN?