MTN telecom chief executive quits after Nigeria fine

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Post by valanto » Tue, Nov 10, 2015, 1:12 PM UTC

MTN telecom chief executive quits after Nigeria fine
bbc.com

Re: MTN telecom chief executive quits after Nigeria fine

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Post by paulojreis » Tue, Nov 10, 2015, 3:02 PM UTC

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

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

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Post by eps » Tue, Nov 10, 2015, 4:05 PM UTC

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

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

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Post by saltedshiv » Tue, Nov 10, 2015, 4:29 PM UTC

I'm sure that this fine is designed to effectively bankrupt the company so that it can be nationalized by the state.

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Post by skc » Tue, Nov 10, 2015, 5:34 PM UTC

eps wrote: post #3

... because they didn't cancel unregistered SIMs. A subtle hint that you can't fuck around with state mass tracking and surveillance needs.

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.

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Post by ogezi » Tue, Nov 10, 2015, 5:37 PM UTC

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.

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Post by mindslight » Tue, Nov 10, 2015, 10:26 PM UTC

eps wrote: post #3

... because they didn't cancel unregistered SIMs. A subtle hint that you can't fuck around with state mass tracking and surveillance needs.

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."

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Post by vuyani » Wed, Nov 11, 2015, 6:39 AM UTC

ogezi wrote: post #6

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.

Curious. how are they much worse than MTN?