MTN Nigeria has elevated the value of its knowledge subscriptions as telecommunications operators in Nigeria have begun the implementation of the 50% worth increment just lately authorised by the Nigerian Communications Fee (NCC).
The revised MTN knowledge costs seen by Nairametrics present that MTN’s 1.8GB month-to-month plan now goes for N1,500.
This replaces the earlier 1.5GB plan priced at N1,000.
The 20GB plan has been adjusted to N7,500, up from N5,500, whereas the 15GB plan now prices N6,500, an increase from N4,500.
Whereas different cell operators comprising Airtel, Globacom, and 9mobile are but to replace their knowledge costs as of the time of filling this report, Nairametrics can affirm that each one the networks are actually charging N6.00 for textual content messages, as an alternative of the earlier N4.00.
Talking at a discussion board two weeks in the past, the Chairman of the Affiliation of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) Engr. Gbenga Adebayo disclosed that each one the operator had despatched their new tariff plans to the NCC and had been awaiting approval.
The NCC had on January 20 introduced that it had authorised a 50% tariff adjustment for telecom operators, citing rising operational prices and the necessity to maintain the trade.
In the meantime, the Presidency has defended the 50% hike in tariff approval granted to the telecom operators, saying it was essential to maintain the telecom trade viable.
It, nevertheless, famous that the approval doesn’t imply that the telecom operators should instantly enhance their tariffs by 50%.
“You will need to spotlight that this approval doesn’t imply computerized will increase in tariffs. Operators are free to keep up their present charges in the event that they discover them sustainable,” the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Media Centre, said in a latest assertion.
Whereas describing the approval as an essential step geared toward addressing important challenges within the telecommunications sector, the Centre famous that the telecom trade in Nigeria had operated underneath static worth mechanisms for over a decade as costs have remained unchanged since 2013, regardless of important will increase in the price of operations.
