The Rwandan Telecoms Regulatory body has fined MTN $8.5 million for non-compliance with the directives issued prohibiting the inclusion of MTN Rwanda in the MTN South and East Africa (SEA) IT hub based in Uganda. The regulator said in a ruling posted on its website in Kigali that MTN Rwanda was hosting its IT services hub in Uganda, which it had prohibited.
MTN Group agreed that it had also received a notification about the fine.
In its response, the telecoms giant said that it has been engaging with the regulator on this matter over the past four months.
“MTN Rwanda is currently studying the official notification and will continue to engage with the regulator on this matter,” it said in a statement.
In 2015, MTN incurred a fine of $5.2 billion over SIM registration issues
