Regarding Cameroon, Mupita said MTN received a $6.6 million fine from Cameroon’s telecommunications regulator and a one-year reduction in its license term for allegedly not complying with spectrum and subscriber registration regulations.
Mupita also revealed that the company was also ordered to disconnect 3 million subscribers.“It’s a big priority to resolve this in the near term,” Mupita said. “If it’s not resolvable, then it’s not resolvable. We want to find an amicable resolution to stay.
Cameroon’s government, it would be recalled, had exhorted mobile companies including MTN, to cut internet from subscribers, in an attempt to douse protests from English speaking Cameroonians. Despite pressures from rights groups and international organisations against the ban, government remained adamant.
Government’s shutdown of internet in English speaking Cameroon had made life extremely difficult for millions of people in the country. Citizens in dire need of internet connectivity were forced beyond endurance to hunt for the high-tech communication technology in neighbouring cities making them to be tagged as internet refugees. The Internet blackout did not only slow down businesses but shut them out with associated heavy financial losses
A coalition of rights groups monitoring internet outage recently disclosed that Cameroon lost over $2.69 million during the internet shutdown.
Internet in Anglophone Cameroon, was partially restored on April 20, 2017, after three months blackout.
MTN Cameroon FY revenue falls due to lower subscriber base
MTN Cameroon’s total revenue in 2017 decreased by 6.6 percent on an organic basis to ZAR 5.38 billion, hit by the lower subscriber base and offset by 21.1 percent growth in data and a 27.4 percent rise in digital revenue. MTN still experienced a challenging operating environment, following the data shutdown and a slowdown in economic activity, which had a material impact on subscriber and revenue growth in the year.
The business suffered a number of operational challenges, too. The subscriber base closed the year at 7.1 million, after the disconnection of approximately 3.0 million subscribers in early October 2017 to comply with regulatory requirements on subscriber registration. The company had stated 9.45 million subscribers on 30 September and 9.87 million at end-2016.
Active Mobile Money customers increased 194.2 percent to 1.1 million, with revenue up 767 percent year-on-year
By Elah Geofrey with additional reports from Journal du Cameroon

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Facebook flex, according to MTN, is capable of functioning with any type of phone capacity whether it is 2G, 3G and 4G.The subscriber will browse on his facebook account, exchange with friends, read, comment, share and send messages to friends and family without consuming, what they call, their data bundle.
On the difference between Facebook and Facebook flex MTN explains that in complete Facebook mode, browsing is billed on your data bundle and photos and videos can be accessed. On the other hand, they explain that Facebook flex enables the greater majority to discover free internet without data bundle and enables you to always stay connected with friends and family. Photos and videos are not accessible but in order to visualize them, the client can simply switch to the complete Facebook mode.

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Taking the floor at the occasion, the President of the Cameroon Professional football League, Pierre Semengue while expressing gratitude, said the gesture will make MTN not only the first major sponsor of the Cameroon Professional Football League, but also the first company on the continent to do so. He reassured that the convention will galvanize and upgrade the management of the Professional Football League to greater heights to give a real professional touch to local football in Cameroon.
On her part, the CEO of MTN Cameroon, Philisiwe Sibiya stressed that MTN has always wished to contribute to the improvement of the conditions of the organization of national football and its development. She explained that “the wish of MTN is to see Cameroon regain the dynamism of its local football especially at a time when the Indomitable Lions have just returned victorious from the international scene and when the country is preparing to host the Africa Cup of Nations in 2019.”
Madam Philisiwe Sibiya on the occasion expressed hope that the financial contribution will be used as a priority for the improvement of the condition of the player, the main actor of the game of football.
In a move to encourage competition among players and maintain interest in competitions till the last playing day of the national championship, MTN Cameroon has also introduced excellence awards. At the end of the sports season prizes will be awarded to five first teams of MTN Elite One and also five first teams of MTN Elite Two. Prizes will equally be awarded to the best players and best scorers in each of the two championships each month and at the end of the sports season.
It should be recalled that MTN was formerly the main sponsor of the local football championship in Cameroon from 2002 to 2013 and for those 11 years, the company also contributed to the re-launching, development of football clubs and the improvement of sports infrastructure through the construction of two municipal stadiums of international standards notably in Mbouda, West Region and in Guider, North Region.

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