NCC Fines operators $7.5m For Poor Network Services

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has fined four major operators in the country US$7.5 million after they failed to meet the minimum Quality of Service (QoS) parameters issued by the regulator for the months of March and April 2012.

The regulator handed MTN Nigeria and Etisalat with NGN360 million (US2.3 million) fines, while Airtel is to pay NGN270 million (US$1.7 million) and Globacom NGN180 million (US$1.1 million).

“The penalties are as a result of the contravention of the provisions of the quality of service regulations by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) as the operators failed to meet with the minimum standard of quality of service,” an NCC statement said.

The NCC said telecoms which fail to improve on their Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) will be subjected to fines of up to NGN5 million (US$31,000) and a further NGN500,000 (US3,000) per day after the expiry of the notice.

The regulator said further that operators who do not meet the minimum threshold by the end of the year will face the stoppage of SIM card sales.

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