BY Saminu Machunga
Nigerians everywhere are outraged by the directive of the Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC) that mobile operators initiate an increased data tariff regime from December 1, 2016.
In a letter to mobile operators dated November 1 and seen by TheCable, the regulator stated that the interim floor price for data services was 0.90k/MB for big operators, and that “this rate will subsist pending the finalisation of the study on the determination of cost-based pricing for retail broadband and data services in Nigeria”.
This will ultimately result in a hike in data prices for consumers across all telecom networks.
Nigerians on Twitter didn’t hide their disdain for the government:
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