₦airaland Forum

hinwazaka:
I hope you and your blind President have Visafone's private cell number. You people will hear wehn, very soon. GEJ has already warned BUHARI in their last meeting. As they say, a child who doesn't allow his mother sleep, he too, will not sleep.

kettykin:
That guy is a fool, does he know that Nigerian economy is not American economy and that Nigeria needs all the foreign investment it can get

kettykin:
That guy is a fool, does he know that Nigerian economy is not American economy and that Nigeria needs all the foreign investment it can get

calebo101:
[b]How can this dimwit compare America, British, China, and other developed country policies with Nigeria's?? That shows symptoms of half education which is even dangerous than being an illiterate.
In Nigeria, the competition is slightly above duopoly with only 2 major players in the industry and other hangers on. Comparison with countries with perfect competition is wrong and naive.
The action of the NCC is bound to chase away investors. Do they want to tell us that GLO met all the requirements? Kayode should shut up and not show his ignorance when tested business men talk. Business is not twitter.
Those countries he mentioned there are lots of competition going on there. They don't even require much regulations to sit up. The market does that for them. We should be more worried about the failure of Nigerian business men to successfully compete with foreign brands in our own country. Same case with HITECH some years back that secured the rights for premiership broadcast. ... 2 years down the line the company went defunct. Due to mismanagement.
Give or take MTN has done much and contributed to the growth of the telecoms industry in Nigeria. If we had only GLO from time immemorial we might just have been back to writing letters and sticking with NITEL. Giving such hefty fine, although meant to serve as a deterrent, it's heavy handed especially in an industry where the competition is weak.
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kettykin:
That guy is a fool, does he know that Nigerian economy is not American economy and that Nigeria needs all the foreign investment it can get

kettykin:
You still don't get it , if MTN pays that amount other people will find it very difficult to invest in Nigeria.
How come glo and MTN are not as competitive as MTN

hinwazaka:
Mr Kayode, shut up. This action by the NCC, though just, has the slight capability of having a boomerang effect on the Nigerian economy, by displacing and distorting the view of Nigeria, in the eye of foreign investors. Every action in this life, has a positive and negative effect. Though there are many positives, all Mr Bruce is asking, is for the NCC, to also look at the negatives, weigh it against the positives, before passing final judgement. Just because we want to feel important, doesn't mean we should cut off the foot, to spite the face. Mr Kayode learn a bit of common sense

hinwazaka:
I hope you and your blind President have Visafone's private cell number. You people will hear wehn, very soon. GEJ has already warned BUHARI in their last meeting. As they say, a child who doesn't allow his mother sleep, he too, will not sleep.

kettykin:
You amuse me.
Go and figure out how many jobs has been lost in the banking and oil industry of recent.
Must you throw away the baby with the bath water

menix:
Ben Bruce just killed my likes for him.

Sincerely I have always believed he had common sense but this goes a long way to prove he lacks sense..

My Bruce I have believed in you but u just proved that nigeria should remain a slave to other country because they re foreign investors.
It's ur type that has empowered the likes of Lebanese to behave like Demi gods in Nigeria...


BEN BRUCE quit ur common sense trash, u lack an atom of sense..

kettykin:
You still don't get it , if MTN pays that amount other people will find it very difficult to invest in Nigeria.
How come glo and MTN are not as competitive as MTN

kettykin:
You still don't get it , if MTN pays that amount other people will find it very difficult to invest in Nigeria.
How come glo and MTN are not as competitive as MTN

Lobeez:
Hmmm! is it mere coincidence or a case of political witch hunt that two South African based firms MTN & Stanbic IBTC are incurring the wrath of the Nigerian Govt? I actually find it hard to believe that of the four major telcos in Nigeria, only MTN Nigeria 'allegedly' defaulted in disconnecting unregistered or not properly registered lines and to slam them with a ridiculous fine at a time like this makes it more suspicious.

Well, I know this will be sorted out in no time as soon as both govts resolve their differences. In the meantime, it will interest you to know that MTN has acquired visafone and have renewed their operating license for another 5 years.
Watch out for LTE sooooooooooon

Ovamboland:
The law regulating the SIM card issues prescribes 200,000 Naira fine per SIM, yet he has not told us how NCC misapplied the law.

kettykin:
That guy is a fool, does he know that Nigerian economy is not American economy and that Nigeria needs all the foreign investment it can get

calebo101:
[b]How can this dimwit compare America, British, China, and other developed country policies with Nigeria's?? That shows symptoms of half education which is even dangerous than being an illiterate.

In Nigeria, the competition is slightly above duopoly with only 2 major players in the industry and other hangers on. Comparison with countries with perfect competition is wrong and naive.

The action of the NCC is bound to chase away investors. Do they want to tell us that GLO met all the requirements? Kayode should shut up and not show his ignorance when tested business men talk. Business is not twitter.

Those countries he mentioned there are lots of competition going on there. They don't even require much regulations to sit up. The market does that for them. We should be more worried about the failure of Nigerian business men to successfully compete with foreign brands in our own country. Same case with HITECH some years back that secured the rights for premiership broadcast. ... 2 years down the line the company went defunct. Due to mismanagement.

Give or take MTN has done much and contributed to the growth of the telecoms industry in Nigeria. If we had only GLO from time immemorial we might just have been back to writing letters and sticking with NITEL. Giving such hefty fine, although meant to serve as a deterrent, it's heavy handed especially in an industry where the competition is weak.

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Shosholoza:
The former President of SA Thabo Mbeki once spoke of African Renaissance, from economical point of view that means Africans need to learn to trade with themselves. We have a lot in this continent the only problem is that we all need to have one view. I'm not defending but MTN has broken Nigerian laws then its ok to issue a fine but $5.2 billion ( $1 million x 5000) is way too much. I'm so disappointed that there are some of our Nigerian brothers who sing China and USA over SA, while MTN, Shoprite and DSTV were the beginning of this renaissance and the era of SA buying all its oil from Nigeria and other African countries. I know its a long process or a small step but that is what we need rather than these fights. MTN needs to sit down with the NCC and settle this matter even it takes some months, because African countries are very young to rip each other apart. Its very sad for African to celebrate this.

Demdem:

Whether is too much or not is debatable expecially considering its impact to our National security and the law can be updated but not until Mtn pays up this fine first.
MTN can't claim ignorance of this in the first place yet they choose to deliberately contravene such. Their competitors, both local and foreign that made sure they obeyed, were they fools to have obeyed? What does Mtn take us for?
The law may be reviewed but not until MTN pays up.

Demdem:

Whether is too much or not is debatable expecially considering its impact to our National security and the law can be updated but not until Mtn pays up this fine first.
MTN can't claim ignorance of this in the first place yet they choose to deliberately contravene such. Their competitors, both local and foreign that made sure they obeyed, were they fools to have obeyed? What does Mtn take us for?
The law may be reviewed but not until MTN pays up.

Shosholoza:
Now I c the $5.2 billion is very important to u, but u r not solving anything. This is not a football game where u want 2 c your team scoring.

kettykin:
That guy is a fool, does he know that Nigerian economy is not American economy and that Nigeria needs all the foreign investment it can get

malton:
So we should applaud MTN for flouting rules all in a bid to attract FDI? That's like thanking a man for insulting your parents all because he dashed you a Christmas goat and you're expecting a cow next Christmas on. Ben is just suffering the downsides that comes with being a talkative; they just wanna talk even if it means saying nonsense. I'm guessing he is one of the senators who must have been bribed with a Ghana-must-go full of recharge cards to slide the matter under the rug. Our leaders are really sell outs!
Every potential investor knows that there are laid down rules and mode of operation in any economy that they intend to invest in. Some investors come from countries where even more severe punishments are meted out for far lesser violations.

Rossikk:
You are the biggest fool of all. Other countries come in here and trash our laws while idiotts like you smile at them, and then wonder why you remain poor.

kettykin:
You are a real hopeless fool, the oil companies that has wrecked the whole of Niger delta, how many fine or penalties have you imposed on them. Now it has come to a company owned partly by Nigeria and run by Nigerians and all you are looking for is to liquidate the company over unregistered Sims.