Telecommunications companies in Niger will have it rough this season as their regulator, ARTP has fined the four of them three percent of their 2013 revenues for failing to meet their license obligations.
Their obligations being those related to their tariffs as well as their control mechanisms; this is according to reports by Agence Ecofin. The total amount of the fines levied is XOF 6.74 billion, that is approximately $13.5 million), or XOF 3.4 billion for Airtel, XOF 1.6 billion for Orange, XOF 1.4 billion for SahelCom and XOF 537 million for Atlantic Telecom.
