Tag Archives | Communications and Media Commission (CMC)

Zain Iraq has Bank Funds Seized for Unpaid Fine

By John Lee. Zain Iraq has had its funds seized in all Iraqi banks until it pays a $262 million fine for selling 5 million SIM cards without permission, Bloomberg reports. “We have warned them to pay the fine,” Ahmad al-Omari, a member of the Communications and Media Commission’s trustee board, told the news agency. […]

Iraq Watchdog to Fine Zain for Failing to List

By John Lee. Following its recent fine on mobile phone operators Asiacell and Korek, Iraq's communications regulator is to fine Zain Iraq $12,864 a day since September of last year for failing to list on the country's stock exchange, according to Reuters. The three companies are required to list on the local stock exchange as […]

Iraq to Fine Asiacell, Korek for Failing to List

Iraq's communications regulator has decided to fine mobile phone operator Asiacell $8,500 per day since September 1, 2011 for failing to list on the local stock exchange, according to a report from Reuters. Ahmed Alomary, commissioner of Iraq's Communications and Media Commission (CMC), also told the agency that the regulator had also decided to fine […]