Compliance in the Telco Sector - The case of MTN
Listers This is an interesting case of a regulator finally swinging into action after a former finance minister was kidnapped and the authorities couldn’t trace the sim cards used in the crime. When Nigeria failed to trace owners of SIM cards used by kidnappers of a prominent politician in September, it was the final straw for the west African country after what it called a string of violations by telecoms firm MTN Group. Africa’s biggest mobile phone company was given a $5.2 billion penalty by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) last month after the South African company failed to cut off users with unregistered SIM cards from its network. Nigeria has been pushing industry players to verify the identity of their subscribers on worries that unregistered SIM cards were being used for criminal activity in a country facing Islamic militant group Boko Haram’s insurgency. Read on:- http://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/companies-and-deals/nigeria-kidnap-case-helpe... <http://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/companies-and-deals/nigeria-kidnap-case-helped-to-trigger-fine-on-mtn/#.Vj5zGEBTFVY.linkedin> Thanks & Regards Ali Hussein ali@hussein.me.ke +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: Abu-Jomo LinkedIn: http//ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com
Hi Ali, The fine is simply outrageous. I wonder if the same would have been done if a Wanjiku (or Adenike) for that matter had been kidnapped. Security requires collaboration from different stakeholders. The same sim cards have put food on thousands of tables despite the manner in which they were issued. I think the NCC should have benchmarked with the likes of Communications Authority of Kenya, who have achieved some success, albeit challenges in registering subscibers. Best Regards On 11/9/15, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Listers
This is an interesting case of a regulator finally swinging into action after a former finance minister was kidnapped and the authorities couldn’t trace the sim cards used in the crime.
When Nigeria failed to trace owners of SIM cards used by kidnappers of a prominent politician in September, it was the final straw for the west African country after what it called a string of violations by telecoms firm MTN Group.
Africa’s biggest mobile phone company was given a $5.2 billion penalty by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) last month after the South African company failed to cut off users with unregistered SIM cards from its network.
Nigeria has been pushing industry players to verify the identity of their subscribers on worries that unregistered SIM cards were being used for criminal activity in a country facing Islamic militant group Boko Haram’s insurgency.
Read on:-
http://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/companies-and-deals/nigeria-kidnap-case-helpe... <http://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/companies-and-deals/nigeria-kidnap-case-helped-to-trigger-fine-on-mtn/#.Vj5zGEBTFVY.linkedin>
Thanks & Regards
Ali Hussein ali@hussein.me.ke
+254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: Abu-Jomo LinkedIn: http//ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com
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Barrack With due respect. I think in as much as the fine is outrageous, No leader should have a Get-out-of-Jail card when it comes to compliance. Ili iwe funzo (So that it becomes a lesson to others).... Maybe what we need is shock therapy to get us out of this malaise. I wonder how many of the Telcos in Kenya are in compliance? *Ali Hussein* *Hussein & Associates* Tel: +254 770 906375/ 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> Blog: www.alyhussein.com Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with. On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 12:28 PM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Ali,
The fine is simply outrageous. I wonder if the same would have been done if a Wanjiku (or Adenike) for that matter had been kidnapped. Security requires collaboration from different stakeholders. The same sim cards have put food on thousands of tables despite the manner in which they were issued. I think the NCC should have benchmarked with the likes of Communications Authority of Kenya, who have achieved some success, albeit challenges in registering subscibers.
Best Regards
On 11/9/15, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Listers
This is an interesting case of a regulator finally swinging into action after a former finance minister was kidnapped and the authorities couldn’t trace the sim cards used in the crime.
When Nigeria failed to trace owners of SIM cards used by kidnappers of a prominent politician in September, it was the final straw for the west African country after what it called a string of violations by telecoms firm MTN Group.
Africa’s biggest mobile phone company was given a $5.2 billion penalty by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) last month after the South African company failed to cut off users with unregistered SIM cards from its network.
Nigeria has been pushing industry players to verify the identity of their subscribers on worries that unregistered SIM cards were being used for criminal activity in a country facing Islamic militant group Boko Haram’s insurgency.
Read on:-
http://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/companies-and-deals/nigeria-kidnap-case-helpe...
< http://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/companies-and-deals/nigeria-kidnap-case-helpe...
Thanks & Regards
Ali Hussein ali@hussein.me.ke
+254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: Abu-Jomo LinkedIn: http//ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com
-- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/
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