Benin suspends SA's mobile network

[Sneeky]

Benin suspends SA's mobile network
July 10, 2007, 07:15

Benin has suspended two mobile phone operators, including South Africa-based MTN. The West African country's Telecommunications Authority has issued a statement suspending the operating contracts of MTN and Emirates-based Atlantique Telecom from yesterday.

The authority says both companies have changed their local names without its permission.

It has threatened to silence their networks from Thursday if they do not sign new contracts that include a $50 million, or 500%, increase in the operator fee.

http://www.sabcnews.co.za/africa/west_africa/0,2172,152270,00.html

Wonder if this forms part of the NEPAD framework

 

[bwana]

I wish our regulator had a fraction of the cajones.

 

[antowan]

LOL @ Bwana

 

[Syndyre]

I wish our regulator had a fraction of the cajones.

This seems more like extortion than anything else though. Maybe the President's Gulfstream's getting old?

 

[Sneeky]

This seems more like extortion than anything else though. Maybe the President's Gulfstream's getting old?

I was heading along this path as well

 

[DragonLogos]

Do one to others, before they do one to you

 

[Tux]

Somebody should send that to ICASA with a note saying "This is how it's done fsckers"

 

[Alchemist]

Do one to others, before they do one to you

Do Broadband anyone?