MTN, Globacom, Airtel, and 9mobile were all found to have breached the rules guiding them in the process of replacing SIMs for their customers, thus incurring the wrath of the regulator.
New Telegraph reports that while three of the operators are to pay the fine, 9mobile was said to have been issued a ‘strong warning’ by the commission as it recorded the lowest number of breaches.
According to the NCC, the infractions were discovered in its SIM replacement audit conducted in the fourth quarter of 2020.
“All the four mobile network operators, MTN, Airtel, Globacom and 9Mobile (EMTS), were found to be in absolute breach of the SIM Replacement Guidelines at the last SIM replacement audit exercise conducted by the commission. A notice of sanction was consequently issued to the respective MNOs to show cause why appropriate sanctions should not be imposed for the violation,” NCC stated in its enforcement report.
The telecoms regulator also stated that each of the telecoms operators was sanctioned according to the number of infractions recorded against its network.
Specifically, Airtel was fined N3.2 million for 13 infractions recorded on its network, while Globacom is to pay the sum of N39.2 million for 37 infractions.
MTN, which is the largest operator by subscriber number, was fined N36 million in respect of 24 infractions discovered on its network.
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