Tag: MTN
$5.2bn fine: MTN picks Nhleko to negotiate with Nigeria
South Africa’s MTN Group has asked its former head to take temporary charge of Africa’s biggest mobile telecoms company after…
Kaduna wins UNAIDS Health Prize, gets MTN support for 5 hospitals
Femi Adi/Kaduna Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS has selected Kaduna State as the best performing state during the…
MTN fined $1,000 for each line uncut – NCC
Africa’s leading telecommunication outfit, MTN was fined $1,000 for each line uncut by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) resulting to…
$5.2bn Fine: Olu Falae’s kidnappers used unregistered MTN line
It has been revealed that the kidnappers of former Nigerian Finance Minister and runner-up candidate in the 1999 presidential election,…
South Africa concerned about MTN fine in Nigeria
South Africa has expressed concern over a N1.04 trillion (5.2 billion dollars) imposed by Nigerian authorities on MTN Group. However,…
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S.African lawmakers fear MTN fine could hurt trade relations
South African lawmakers are concerned MTN Group’s alleged violation of Nigerian laws could hurt trade relations between the continent’s two…
$5.2bn Fine: MTN reacts to false information in media
Telecommunication outfit, MTN has reacted to false information in the media while cautioning against reports that it has agreed a…
MTN renews operating spectrum, licence with $94.2m
South Africa’s MTN on Tuesday said the Nigerian regulator had renewed its operations and licence up to 2021 at a…
MTN’s woes worsen as South Africa’s bourse suspends trading in its shares
The South African bourse has suspended trading in the shares of telecoms firm MTN on Monday, a senior official said.…
Nigeria: Despite $5.2bn fine, MTN is number one telco
On internet subscribers base, MTN is number one telecommunication outfit in Nigeria, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has revealed despite…
S.Africa launches insider trading probe over MTN’s Nigeria fine
The Johannesburg Stock Exchange launched Friday an investigation into mobile giant MTN for “possible insider trading” before the South African…
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Nigeria gives MTN two weeks to pay $5.2bn fine
Nigeria’s telecoms regulator on Friday gave MTN Group two weeks to pay a $5.2 billion fine imposed on Africa’s biggest…
Subscribers, stakeholders slam NCC over N1.04trn fine on MTN
Stakeholders in the telecommunications industry on Friday decried the N1.04 trillion fine imposed on MTN Nigeria by the Nigerian Communications…
South Africa’s MTN talking to Nigeria over $5.2bn fine
Reuters – South Africa’s MTN Group is in talks with Nigerian authorities after the West African country imposed a $5.2…
Nigeria fines MTN $5bn for failing to disconnect unregistered subscribers
Nigeria’s Communications Commission, the country’s telecommunications regulator, has issued mobile phone firm MTN Nigeria, with a $5bn (£3.5bn) fine for…