oribi:


YOUR INTELLIGENT AND I APPRECIATE YOU

ephi123:


Yes.
If you have any other information we the public don't know, please disclose.

ephi123:


Thank you. I see your point and appreciate your views even if different from mine.

Pavore9:
MTN ooooooooo! They were so used to forming 'Oloye' until dem jam the new DPO!

Moral of the story.........Nigeria is no longer the disorganized playground for corporate miscreants!

Adesiji77:


http://punchng.com/2015/11/5339 lalasticlala, dominique, davide470

Brandnew2:
Heads are rolling I guess.


Meanwhile Standards organization of Nigerian SON should look into this menace of substandard tech accessories being sold in the market. http://gidilink..com.ng/2015/11/all-this-fake-memory-cards.html

Below is a 2 and 8 GB memory card that got corrupted within 1 week while i lost sensitive information on it.

So painful.

mbulela:


Dude, we are not North Korea. We are an organised country within a globalized community.
What sort of hate will induce such draconian rules?
Being the 7th most populous country does not give us a right to operate outside the ambit of the law.

MYMINDER:


Make points with logic and not emotion.

Was the fine computation known before now to all telecommunications providers? Yes! Did MTN violate? Yes! Should MTN pay the fine (that the penalty was known way in advance of transgression?) Yes!

SA did not approve any license for any Nigerian bank. Is that not Draconian? Nigerian banks moved on and life continued.

The 5.2m active subscribers that had unregistered sim cards on the MTN network is too much!

QatarPlayboy:
I hope the whole of mtn as a company would follow their ceo footstep and resign also. Just like those Biafra insects, mtn can go to not just hell bt the deepest and hottest part of it if they wish.

cirmuell:
True talk, their are better alternatives. No one and nothing is indispensable.

ephi123:


So for the sake of a few, we should give MTN a pass right?
I don't understand this sympathy towards MTN, when South Africans were attacking Nigerians barely how many months ago, did South Africans show any sympathy to Nigeria?

Please let us stick to the game. MTN broke the rules and should pay the price end of story.

mildflame:

They kicked out FIRSTBANK, frustrated UBA n celebrated the withdrawal of THISDAY, GOD PUNISH dem waiting for DSTV, SHOPRITE n co.
That's why I hate anything South African

mbulela:


How is this related to the issue at hand?
I struggle to understand the hatred for MTN.
What have they done to attract this hatred?

MYMINDER:


Make points with logic and not emotion.

Was the fine computation known before now to all telecommunications providers? Yes! Did MTN violate? Yes! Should MTN pay the fine (that the penalty was known way in advance of transgression?) Yes!

SA did not approve any license for any Nigerian bank. Is that not Draconian? Nigerian banks moved on and life continued.

The 5.2m active subscribers that had unregistered sim cards on the MTN network is too much!

ephi123:


MTN is not here to help anyone, they are here to make money simple.
Other points you made I agree with, particularly the quality of service and rates.

oribi:


YOUR JUST TOO INTELLIGENT NOT TO BE QUOTED

ephi123:


And what does a fine have to do with hatred for MTN? They broke the rules, they should pay up. Simple!
After all if they had kept the rules no one would be breathing down their neck.

donhils:

In that case, you don't know how it all started. Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo literally begged Vodacom to come and do business in Nigeria and they told him straight to his face that Nigeria couldn't afford telephone. He met other companies also and they declined. MTN agreed to do what others considered impossible and did it. After they had succeeded and reported huge profits (good or bad) others started coming. So to me, they came to help. That's why I so much love MTN's latest advert on TV ( when they said it was impossible we were there, when no one gave them a chance we were there.......and finally they wrapped it up by saying at MTN we believe that Nigeria's future holds even more promise than our past). My God, that is love for Nigeria.

mbulela:

you did not follow my argument.
My views on the fine is well documented here.
I am simply addressing the hate for MTN being justified because of xenophobic attacks in SA.

ephi123:


So has MTN been giving subscribers free calls, data and text? NO
Has MTN been making money for as long as they've been in Nigeria? YES

MTN would never have come to Nigeria or even stayed after they did if they wouldn't make SIGNIFICANT PROFIT. It is a business and the purpose is to make profit, any other reason is by the side. Companies have existed and done business in worse terrains as long as they are making a profit so please MTN did not help anyone.

The Advertising manager must be doing a great job for their adverts to appeal to emotions but advert or no advert, MTN is a profit-making venture which flouted rules it was aware of, basically showing disdain for its host country and that should not be tolerated.

godspeed:


You see, comments like this make u very unpopular.

Nigerians always think with their emotions.

I have keenly followed this story since MTN was slammed with that gargantuan fine and the reactions of most Nigerians to it has left me bitterly disappointed. Like u rightly asked; why do we hate MTN this much?

We seem to have forgotten in a hurry the efforts former president obasanjo made to lure foreign investors to Nigeria during his first term. He was globe trotting and practically begging these investors to come to Nigeria.

Now we seem to have what we want and we are very comfortable to the extent that we have become very hostile to these same companies we begged to come here.

When did we suddenly get this feeling of entitlement? Imagine people saying that 'most of this foreign coys were willfully taking Nigeria for a ride because no one had in the past demonstrated the political will to protect the interest of Nigeria'(kx above). Let me ask you; where were we before MTN came in? And how do our own companies treat us?

We seem to have forgotten the days of NITEL in a hurry. Tell me what kind of services were we enjoying then? What could we or did we do to them? How much did NCC ever fine NITEL then for poor services or for being in violation? When exactly did we start getting this feeling of entitlement?

If we are talking about companies taking Nigerians for a ride, tell me which company does that more than our very own PHCN or whatever they are called now. Tomorrow if a foreign firm buys PHCN and we have power cut for just 1 hour I we'll begin to castigate them.

I will not join the debate whether MTN needs Nigeria more than Nigeria needs her. But every responsible country of the world always do whatever is within their power to ensure that corporate organizations thrive. These companies create the wealth of nations.

The fine on MTN is ridiculous, even if MTN is in violation and are supposed to be fined,NCC should have put a cap on the fine to be paid and not an impossible amount that will practically put MTN out of business.

To put the fine in perspective, 1 trillion is one quarter of our current budget, it's more than the budget of some 20 states in Nigeria put together and its more than double the annual turnover of MTN Nigeria.

Nigeria please let reason prevail

mbulela:


You have made very valid points but I also think you have muddled issues here.

NCC has been complacent, then suddenly they decide to act and you blame them for not cleaning there house before acting.
Secondly, NCC did not just cook up the fine. It was in the MOU that the regulator signed with the operators at the time they decided to do SIM registration (an activity that I think the last NCC administration used for fraudulent purposes but that is a discussion for another day). The fine was clearly stated in the rules and regulation all parties signed. I think MTN thought NCC will remain docile as they had always been and would have willingly signed for a fine of a million rands for each non-disconnected SIM.

I also believe that MTN is the best all round network.

I also do not agree with Nigerians who are rejoicing over this episode. It smells of xenophobia. MTN have largely operated within the law. It is the law enforcers who have been docile. MTN has been a good organization for the harnessing of talents in the telco industry. Nigerians have been treated fairly (as i understand it) and are assuming leadership roles across all operations of the company.

While I think NCC has to step up, I struggle to find fault in their application of an agreed rule in this particular issue.

ephi123:


And what does a fine have to do with hatred for MTN? They broke the rules, they should pay up. Simple!
After all if they had kept the rules no one would be breathing down their neck.

donhils:

Do you know you shouldn't be talking mainly about mtn breaking rules. If you are given a stone to throw first if you haven't ever broken any rule before, would you? Have you kept all the comments of God? Cos to me you don't seem to have kept the part that says love your neighbor as thyself.

donhils:

Do you know you shouldn't be talking mainly about mtn breaking rules. If you are given a stone to throw first if you haven't ever broken any rule before, would you? Have you kept all the comments of God? Cos to me you don't seem to have kept the part that says love your neighbor as thyself.

mbulela:


Slightly bigoted view.
Kindly explain how they kicked out and frustrated UBA.
The only people I know who celebrated THISDAY withdrawal were its competitors and that happens everywhere.