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| Tryphon Kin-Kiey Mulumba |
The ICT and postal minister of the
Democratic Republic of Congo, Tryphon Kin-Kiey Mulumba took the country’s six
mobile network operators to task for poor service quality and other practices,
and asked the country’s regulator to determine the level of fines the
government should impose based on current rules.
Le Potentiel reports
that the minister criticised the operators for engaging in a price war through
special promotions that do not meet regulated prices and for allowing
pre-registered Sim cards being sold everywhere that scupper efforts to identify
phone users for reasons of state security.
Speaking to representatives of Africell, Airtel, Orange, Standard, Tigo and Vodacom, the minister also said their companies’ behaviour was eroding tax revenues. He reminded them of their obligation to work through the consortium managing the DRC's single international gateway and vowed continue to fight the use of so-called Sim Boxes that use the DRC’s +243 country code fraudulently.
Speaking to representatives of Africell, Airtel, Orange, Standard, Tigo and Vodacom, the minister also said their companies’ behaviour was eroding tax revenues. He reminded them of their obligation to work through the consortium managing the DRC's single international gateway and vowed continue to fight the use of so-called Sim Boxes that use the DRC’s +243 country code fraudulently.
Telecompaper.com