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"MTN has paid 30 billion naira (USD 98 million, 92 million euros) as part of the fine," Tony Ojobo, spokesman for Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) told AFP.
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Until now, the two had been discussing a possible move by Orange to buy a stake in Canal Plus, which is wholly-owned by media giant Vivendi, according to sources close to the matter.
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The sources said the Shenzhen-based company, one of the world's biggest telecoms gear makers, is axing about 5 percent of its 60,000 global workforce.
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The EU executive wants to extend some rules that now only apply to telecom operators to web companies offering calls and messages using the internet, known as "Over-The-Top" (OTT) services, according to the draft.
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For Rs 345 (USD 5.12), Bharti Airtel will allow users to make unlimited calls to any network and consume 1 GB 4G data for 28 days, the carrier said in a statement. Under a separate plan of Rs 145, users will get 300 MB of 4G data and unlimited calls within Airtel network for 28 days, it said.
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The Finnish company set out its outlook on Tuesday at an investor meeting in Barcelona, where it warned markets for networks equipment next year would decline in Europe, Greater China and Latin America, while remaining flat in North America, Middle East Africa and Asia, outside China.
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Ericsson shares, which have slumped 44 percent this year, rose 3.7 percent on Thursday after the Swedish firm gave a new outlook that was less bearish than some analysts had expected and said its Cisco partnership was gaining momentum.
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Ekholm's appointment comes three months after Hans Vestberg was ousted in late July as CEO following months of criticism over his leadership and pay, and over the firm's slow response to deteriorating market conditions and fiercer competition from Nokia and Huawei.
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Telecoms were down 2 percent, their biggest percentage decline in five weeks, as Verizon lost 2.5 percent. The company added fewer than expected wireless subscribers in the third quarter and revenue fell short of expectations.
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Ericsson announced in April that it would target structural changes by expanding an existing nine billion kronor (936-million-euro; USD 1 billion) global cost and efficiency programme to bolster efficiency and growth.
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The government wants to raise 565 billion rupees (USD 8.42 billion) from the sale of stakes in state-owned enterprises in the 2016/17 financial year. That is 19 percent lower than last year's target, which the government failed to hit.
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The billionaire entrepreneur came up with the buyout proposal personally as he sought greater management freedom and as SoftBank's share price slid, Bloomberg said, citing unnamed people with direct knowledge of the plan. Son's deputy, President Nikesh Arora, was aware of the plan, Media cited one of the people as saying.
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COAI DG Rajan Mathews was replying to a statement by the TRAI chief RS Sharma who today told CNBC-TV18 that the regulator was considering asking telecoms firm to compensate consumers for call drops.
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The sale "should be concluded in the first quarter of 2016," Nokia said in a statement, adding that it expected net proceeds from the deal of just over 2.5 billion euros.
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Inter-ministerial panel Telecom Commission has accepted the recommendation by a Department of Telecom (DoT) committee to remove the eligibility rule that allowed such companies to participate, the sources said.
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The boom in smart mobile devices at cost effective prices and growing adoption of mobile Internet has led to a high demand in social messaging apps in India.
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India's weakest economic growth in a decade and a record high current account deficit have made the rupee the worst-performing emerging Asian currency so far this year.
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Intelligent Energy and Microqual Techno Limited today announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a partnership to provide telecoms infrastructure using equipment mounted on existing power transmission towers in India.
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Swedish telecoms gear maker Ericsson said on Wednesday it was confident it would win a dispute over patents with Samsung after the Korean firm filed a counter-claim in a US court.
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Ben Verwaayen, the chief executive of Alcatel-Lucent, is to step down from his post in May after failing in his attempt to turn round the fortunes of the ailing telecoms equipment maker.
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The European Commission unveiled a deal on Friday with Hewlett-Packard, Telefonica and eight other telecoms and technology firms aimed at filling up to 700,000 high tech job vacancies.
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Myanmar has launched an investigation into malpractice in the telecoms ministry and will question Thein Tun, who resigned as minister this month, along with top civil servants, a senior government official and two other sources said on Thursday.
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The mood was sombre in Barcelona as the managements of the leading telecommunications groups lined up to explain to investors why the value of their companies had taken such a pounding in recent months.
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Nokia's chief executive said there would be no change in the relationship with its software partner Microsoft, despite the software giant's entry into tablets and partnerships with rival phone makers.
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Bharat Bhargava, partner-telecom, E&Y explains to CNBC-TV18 that the impact of the retainment of the 2.5 Mhz in the 900 Mhz during refarming of spectrum will be specific to geographies and circles.
