Telcos implement 50% hike as MTN increases data, SMS costs

By Favour Unukaso TELECOMMUNICATIONS operators may have actually begun the implementation of the Federal Government approved 50 per cent tariff hike as subscribers, especially on MTN network, woke up Tuesday to see that the price of its data subscriptions has gone up. This tariff hike came a bit earlier, as the telecoms operators had... Read More

GSMA projects $150m new investments into telecoms sector via 50% telephone tariff hike

By Favour Unukaso DESPITE mounting opposition against the recently approved 50 per cent tariff hike for telephony services in Nigeria, the GSM Association (GSMA) has informed that the hike has the potential to unlock more than $150 million in additional mobile network investment and expand 4G coverage to 94 per cent covering nine million... Read More

Telcos claim 50% tariff hike not sufficient as lawyer carpets NCC

By Favour Unukaso DESPITE mounting opposition against the Federal Government approved 50 per cent telephony services tariff hike, telecommunications companies have said the percentage approved is not sufficient enough to help in reducing the challenges the sector is facing. The operators under the aegis of the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) stressed... Read More

Telecoms tariff hike shouldn’t be more than 30 to 60%, says Minister

  By Favour Unukaso THE Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, Wednesday, hinted that the tariff hike to be approved by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) should be between 30 and 60 per cent threshold.     Tijani said the ministry would not approve a 100 per cent hike, stressing that... Read More

Telecoms operators get tariff hike as minister demands service improvement

By Favour Unukaso THE Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Dr Bosun Tijani, has said that new tariff hike will soon be approved for the sector. After meeting with the telecoms operators on Wednesday in Abuja, said the Nigerian Communications tions Commission (NCC) will soon come up with modalities for tariff adjustment in... Read More

Telcos propose 100% tariff hike amid backlashes

  By Favour Unukaso  TELECOMMUNICATIONS operators said they made a proposal of 100 per cent tariff hike to the regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in their plea for hike in tariffs on services offered including voice, data and digital.    MTN Chief Executive Officer, Karl Toriola, disclosed this on Thursday, when he featured... Read More

FG directs MNOs to reverse unilateral 10% tariff hike

By Staff Reporter THE Federal Government has directed mobile network operators (MNOs) to reverse the 10 per cent hike in tariffs, especially on data services, which they recently implemented.     In a statement, signed by the Director of Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Reuben Muoka, the telecoms regulator said its board didn’t give final... Read More