Monday, July 9, 2007

Benin threatens to silence MTN and other mobile operators

(Reuters) - Benin suspended two of its four mobile phone operators on Monday and threatened to silence their networks from Thursday if they did not sign new contracts that include a $50 million, 500 percent rise in the operator fee.

The West African country's Telecommunications Regulation Authority issued a statement on Friday suspending the operating contracts of South Africa-listed MTN and Atlantique Telecom's "Moov" service with effect from Monday, saying both companies had changed their names without its permission.


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