Nigeria's telecom regulator has given South Africa's MTN Group until the middle of November to pay a $5.2bn (£3.4bn) fine imposed on them. The Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) says the mobile phone company failed to deactivate unregistered SIM cars before a deadline.


MTN executives are currently in Nigeria to discuss ways of resolving the issue.

Early in August, the NCC issued a directive to mobile phone companies to deactivate all unregistered SIM cards within seven days or face severe sanctions.

MTN missed the deadline prompting a $1,000 fine for each unregistered SIM card.

The company, which has more than 62 million subscribers in Nigeria, has not yet responded to the payment deadline.

BBC