BREAKING: MTN Agrees To Pay Nigerian $1.7 Billion Fine

Telecoms giant MTN said today June 10 2016, it would pay a $1.7 billion fine to the Nigerian government in a “full and final settlement” over its failure to disconnect unregistered mobile phone

users.The company said in a statement that “MTN Nigeria has agreed to pay a total cash amount of Naira 330 billion over three years.”Africa’s biggest wireless operator was fined $3.9 billion last year
and has since been in negotiations with the government over the payout.
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