ABUJA — Cellphone operator MTN will have to pay a $3.9bn fine imposed
by Nigeria for failing to disconnect users with unregistered SIM cards
by December 31, a source in the Nigerian telecommunications regulator
said on Wednesday.
Nigeria’s telecoms regulator had cut the fine from an initial $5.2bn after weeks of lobbying by Africa’s biggest mobile phone company to get it reduced.
"Appropriate
action will be taken", should MTN fail to meet the deadline, the source
said, asking not to be named and giving no further details.
MTN said this month it would challenge the decision in court.
