The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the country’s telecom regulator, is done asking telcos to offer better network services and is reaching for the chequebook. About ₦12.4 billion ($8.85 million) in fines now hang over operators’ heads as the regulator plans to penalise persistent breaches of service standards. The NCC didn’t list offences line by line, but the usual suspects are poor services, including sluggish data, prolonged outages, and infrastructure issues that make service unreliable for a long time, are obvious. The regulator is now addressing poor network quality. Clear rules around unexpected data deductions, and that regulation is very much expected next.