Nigeria's telecoms regulator has fined mobile operators MTN
Globacom, which is owned by Nigerian billionaire Mike Adenuga, was fined 277.5 million naira, while South Africa's MTN and Airtel, which is owned by Bharti Airtel
The NCC will charge each company 2.5 million naira for every day the fine is not paid after March 7, it said. The month-long ban on selling SIM cards in a country of around 170 million people could be the most damaging.
The penalties were imposed because the operators had failed to meet key performance indicators in January, the NCC said.