Cameroon: SIM card shutdown piles on pressure for telcos

Telcos are obliged to pay 4.5% of their annual income (tax not inclusive) to the state.

Representative body encourages collaboration and aims to improve communications with regulator.

Regulator claims some cards have been activated with no proof of identity.

Regulator warns companies will be sanctioned and their infrastructure dismantled.

Officials say proposed plan failed to take into account instructions from the country's Telecommunications Regulatory Board.

Industry regulator report highlights the impact of broadband internet penetration.