Bharti Airtel Limited's Airtel Nigeria Pays Fine For Service Quality-Business Standard

Business Standard reported that Airtel Nigeria, subsidiary of Bharti Airtel Limited, South Africa's MTN, Abu Dhabi's Etisalat and local operator Globacom have paid $3.7 million in fine imposed on them by the country's telecom regulatory authority for poor quality of service. 'MTN, Globacom and Airtel paid at the close of work on June 18, 2012, while Etisalat paid at the close of work on June 19, 2012', Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) sources who opted to remain anonymous told the PTI on the phone. The NCC had arrived at the decision on testing the operators on four parameters - Call Set-up Success Rate, Call Completion Rate, Drop Call Rate and Traffic Channel Congestion.