Snowe said the company default of the free call promotion embarrasses the state and causes security situation. Recent reaction from the lawmakers amid these public criticisms have seen both the telecom regulatory body and Lone Star Cell come under pressure, with lawmakers summoning the company to appear before its plenary. Lewis Roberts, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Lone Star Cell appearing before the plenary admitted that his firm promised that the one cent burden would not have impacted the subscribers. What we told the committee is that Lone Star Cell will not pass on the burden of the one cent to the tax payer and that we have not change,” the Lone Star deputy CEO told lawmakers on Tuesday. The LTA also mandated GSM companies to provide the LTA a copy of all record details (CRDs) covering all domestic voice traffic.

Source: Front Page Africa January 25, 2017 14:03 UTC