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MTN racing against time to keep up to 30-million Nigerian users from being cut off

MTN racing against time to keep up to 30-million Nigerian users from being cut off

MTN, one of African biggest cellular service providers, is racing against time to ensure that its database complies with Nigerian law so as to prevent up to 30 million subscribers from being cut off. The Nigerian government has stopped the sale of new sim cards and instructed telecommunication companies to ensure that all the active sim cards are linked to an identity number. All sim cards that are not linked with a nine-digit Nigerian ID number by December 31 will be cut off.  And that is not the end of trouble for cellular phone companies. The Nigerian authorities have warned…
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