The telecom subscribers
in the country will pay more for telecom services if the industry regulator
accedes to telecom operators’ demand for 100% increase in prices of data and
voice calls, Daily Trust has learnt.
Several
sources within the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and from within the
industry have told our reporter of the fresh move to review call and data
tariffs upward by about 100 per cent.
An
NCC official, who spoke to Daily Trust on condition of anonymity because he has
not been cleared to speak on the matter, said telecom operators had been making
a case for price increment since the first quarter of this year.
He
said they complained of rising cost of production and that they could no longer
carry on with current call and data prices.
“The costs of expanding capacity and their networks have increased with the
devaluation of the Naira against the US Dollars, and most consumers now spend
less on telecommunication services, especially voice calls, compared to
previous years,” another official at the NCC said.
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