NCC fines Glo, MTN N34m for number portability infraction
The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC)
has fined MTN Nigeria and Globacom Ltd N34
million for breach of the Mobile Number
Portability business rules and regulations.
The regulatory body made this known in its
“2015 Q4 Compliance Monitoring and
Enforcement Reports’’ obtained by the News
Agency of Nigeria yesterday in Lagos.
NCC said Globacom was fined N22 million,
while MTN was fined N12 million.
In the “2015 Q3 Compliance Monitoring and
Enforcement Reports’’, NCC resolved to monitor
and sanction violations of MNP process time
obligations and pledged “to address increasing
cases of port request rejections’’.
The commission said a series of compliance
checks were carried out regarding timer
violations by donor operators with respect to
“validation and deactivation responses’’, which
had timelines of two hours and one hour.
According to the Q3 report, there is a timer
deactivation violation by MTN, regarding a
Corporate Port request of over 109 lines
belonging to Nigerian Breweries Plc.
“The company initiated a corporate port out
request from MTN to Glo via lead Mobile Station
International Subscriber Directory Number
(MSISDN): 07036735494 on August 11, 2015 at
1.20 p.m. but was partially completed as at
11.22 am. on August 14, 2015.”
has fined MTN Nigeria and Globacom Ltd N34
million for breach of the Mobile Number
Portability business rules and regulations.
The regulatory body made this known in its
“2015 Q4 Compliance Monitoring and
Enforcement Reports’’ obtained by the News
Agency of Nigeria yesterday in Lagos.
NCC said Globacom was fined N22 million,
while MTN was fined N12 million.
In the “2015 Q3 Compliance Monitoring and
Enforcement Reports’’, NCC resolved to monitor
and sanction violations of MNP process time
obligations and pledged “to address increasing
cases of port request rejections’’.
The commission said a series of compliance
checks were carried out regarding timer
violations by donor operators with respect to
“validation and deactivation responses’’, which
had timelines of two hours and one hour.
According to the Q3 report, there is a timer
deactivation violation by MTN, regarding a
Corporate Port request of over 109 lines
belonging to Nigerian Breweries Plc.
“The company initiated a corporate port out
request from MTN to Glo via lead Mobile Station
International Subscriber Directory Number
(MSISDN): 07036735494 on August 11, 2015 at
1.20 p.m. but was partially completed as at
11.22 am. on August 14, 2015.”
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