I'm certain you may have heard of the brawl between South Africa Telecommunication Company and Nigerian Government. After the Nigerian Government has slammed a $5.2 billion fine in October 2015, on South Africa's telecommunication giant MTN Group for failing to disconnect users with unregistered SIM cards, the telecommunication company has decided to challenge the Nigerian Communication's Commission in a Nigerian court, they have said that the commission had no legal grounds to order the penalty.
MTN on Thursday 17th December, 2015 said it had instructed her lawyers to take the matter to court in Lagos, saying it had valid grounds to challenge the size of the penalty and manner in which it was imposed. They say the manner of the imposition of the fine and the quantum of the fine is not in accordance with the NCC's powers under the Nigerian Communications Act.
This legal action restrains the NCC from taking any further action if the company fails to pay the fine by the Dec. 31 deadline thereby giving MTN more time to resolve the matter.
Source: Reuters
Smart move MTN. Smart move.
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