The demand was contained in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan
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The announcement was contained in a statement on Friday
Richard Iweanoge, the General Manager, Brands and Communications, Marketing and Strategy of the company, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Friday.
The award event is scheduled for September 15, 2017 at Oriental Hotel, Lekki, Lagos, and will be hosted by ace comedian, Seyi Law, like the two previous editions.
The source said the disengagement was necessary because of the changing dynamics of the telecommunications industry in recent time
Receiving the PRCAN leadership in her office, Omasan Ogisi, the General Manager, Corporate Affairs, MTN Nigeria, urged the body to however present its case for corporate support in good time and with the required business case
MTN Nigeria was originally fined $5.2 billion last October for failing to deactivate more than five million unregistered SIM cards, but the fine was reduced in a settlement that paved the way for MTN to list its subsidiary on the Nigerian Stock Exchange
In his judgment, Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel held that MTN had admitted guilt by not challenging the action
MTN had agreed in June to pay Nigeria a N330 billion ($1.05 billion at the time) fine for missing a deadline to cut off unregistered SIM cards from its network
The Commission said this in its report on: “Incoming and Outgoing Porting Activities of Mobile Network Operators,” obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Friday
MTN said in Johannesburg that the drop was due to a hit from a hefty regulatory fine in Nigeria
This amount includes the “goodwill” payment of N50 billion earlier made by MTN to the government
MTN was fined the N1.04 trillion for failing to register a number of subscribers in accordance with laid down rules
The Nigeria Communications Commission imposed the fine on MTN for failing to disconnect unregistered users
The regulators said instead of the 35 per cent reduction it announced from the initial fine of $5.2 billion, the slash should have been by 25 per cent
The company, after several warning by the NCC, was fined N1.04 billion for failing to disconnect 5.2 million unregistered SIM cards
Phone companies were told to register their existing customers’ Sim cards, which MTN Nigeria – the biggest telecommunications firm in Nigeria – has failed to do
The new rate is equivalent to half the cost of making calls at a flat rate of 20 kobo per second
This was contained in the Port-Out Activities of Mobile Network Operators’ report, which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria by the NCC in Lagos