South African lawmakers plan to summon MTN Group Ltd. officials to explain why the company was fined $5.2 billion by Nigeria’s industry regulator for failing to disconnect customers with unregistered phone cards.
The fine is “a worrying issue,” Nkhensani Kubayi, chairwoman of Parliament’s telecommunications committee, said by phone from Cape Town on Wednesday. The panel also intends summoning the South African industry regulator to determine whether MTN is compliant with local rules, with hearings likely to take place next year, she said.
