I innocently placed a call to my clients in Cameroon this morning and was charged N5/s by Etisalat.

Initially thought I was shortchanged and called their customer care to report only to be told there has been an upward review for international call rates.

A friend also told me he had a similar experience with MTN yesterday.

My annoyance is there was NO notification whatsoever about the increment.

These people keep sending useless text messages to my phone disturbing my calmness in the name of adverts and did not deem it fit to send a text message about their rate increment.

Is it possible the 9% tax has been implemented or its the change in Forex?

Seems we are going back to the Era of call centers soon.

Same with Glo but cheaper at N4/s I call now only when necessary. I use Whatsapp, Viber or Google Duo ....these are much more clearer.

futurenix:
I innocently placed a call to my clients in Cameroon this morning and was charged N5/s by Etisalat.

Initially thought I was shortchanged and called their customer care to report only to be told there has been an upward review for international call rates.

A friend also told me he had a similar experience with MTN yesterday.

My annoyance is there was NO notification whatsoever about the increment.

These people keep sending useless text messages to my phone disturbing my calmness in the name of adverts and did not deem it fit to send a text message about their rate increment.

Is it possible the 9% tax has been implemented or its the change in Forex?

Seems we are going back to the Era of call centers soon.

What happened to viber, what app ,
Yahoo messenger even bbm video calls

VoIP is the way to go

futurenix:
I innocently placed a call to my clients in Cameroon this morning and was charged N5/s by Etisalat.

Initially thought I was shortchanged and called their customer care to report only to be told there has been an upward review for international call rates.

A friend also told me he had a similar experience with MTN yesterday.

My annoyance is there was NO notification whatsoever about the increment.

These people keep sending useless text messages to my phone disturbing my calmness in the name of adverts and did not deem it fit to send a text message about their rate increment.

Is it possible the 9% tax has been implemented or its the change in Forex?

Seems we are going back to the Era of call centers soon.

International call rates to and from Nigeria have definitely been increased. If you look at most providers overseas as well, you will notice that the rates to Nigeria from most countries have gone up by at least 500%. This is due to an increase in termination rates to Nigeria. Possibly due to the ongoing financial difficulties being experienced in the country.