OPCNAIRALAND:


Agaba,
Buhari has not hidden his intent to diversify revenue stream. It was part of his message during campaign and before election, it was included in his first speech after swearing in. One of the focused areas for revenue stream is FIRS.

Regulations, whether through NCC or any other agents are designed to observe standards, enforce compliance and derive levies through licensing. An agent body will work in tandem with service operators to address needs necessary to maintain standards.

On the subscriber part, social media is not a need. You do not suffer any loss of quality living if your social media tools are taken away. So it is individual preference and choice to use facebook, use tweeter, use nairaland and other multimedia tools. It is in same grade of utility as owning a car. The government has not blocked accessibility to social media. Everyone that wants to use it can if they will afford the price of using it.

Your input is misguided. What you ought to advocate is a close monitoring of the extra income generated from increased pricing and how it translates into improved coverage, quality and delivery for the consumer. Also, if the FIRS is able to report on the increase in taxed income of service providers and benefit to society.

Consumer advocates collect data at the user input level and use it to influence policies that will shape behaviors of providers. Be a good consumer advocate!

kings09:
They used social media as a tool for influencing public opinion against d previous govt. Suddenly they r thr n they see Internet as too cheap.

Buhari n his ApC cohorts truly hv short memory.

Cc modath, sarrki, madridguy,kyase, aresa, omenka, progressive01, egift, ngene, n association of zombies oya e gbera

deathcomestoall:
May buhari die an untimely death. Amen. I supported this f o o l I s h man.

OPCNAIRALAND:


Agaba,
Buhari has not hidden his intent to diversify revenue stream. It was part of his message during campaign and before election, it was included in his first speech after swearing in. One of the focused areas for revenue stream is FIRS.

Regulations, whether through NCC or any other agents are designed to observe standards, enforce compliance and derive levies through licensing. An agent body will work in tandem with service operators to address needs necessary to maintain standards.

On the subscriber part, social media is not a need. You do not suffer any loss of quality living if your social media tools are taken away. So it is individual preference and choice to use facebook, use tweeter, use nairaland and other multimedia tools. It is in same grade of utility as owning a car. The government has not blocked accessibility to social media. Everyone that wants to use it can if they will afford the price of using it.

Your input is misguided. What you ought to advocate is a close monitoring of the extra income generated from increased pricing and how it translates into improved coverage, quality and delivery for the consumer. Also, if the FIRS is able to report on the increase in taxed income of service providers and benefit to society.

Consumer advocates collect data at the user input level and use it to influence policies that will shape behaviors of providers. Be a good consumer advocate!

udy821:
This is the reason they want us to believe : NCC says the directive is “in order to provide a level playing field for all operators in the industry [allowing] small operators and new entrants to acquire market share and operate profitably. Small operators and new entrants are hereby exempted for the price floor for data services.”

To clear up any confusion that customers might have concerning this issue, NCC says, “For the avoidance of doubt a small operator is one that has less than 7.5 percent market share and a new entrant is an operator that has operated less than three years in the market.”

What is the NCC driving at? Well, for one, we know that it is trying to protect small operators like Smile, Spectranet and Ntel. Their major USP for entering into the market was 4G LTE data services and now that the big telcos have also joined 4G gang, things are not looking good for them. Also, the NCC issued a much-overlooked caveat when they withdrew the price floor last year. The Commission had stated that it could restore the price floor anytime it observed distortion in the market http://techcabal.com/2016/11/29/nigerians-data-price-hike-this-december/

DarkTroll:
Sorry to quote your entire post but it has been my exact same thought ever since I got the news of the planned increment.

Buhari has never liked the media or any uncontrolled stream of information. I never voted for Buhari, not more for his antecedent than for his age and pigheadedness even in the face of unpopular decision.

How Nigerians got to vote for a 73 (football age) man with no economic track record is still a puzzle.

malton:
This government has lost all the goodwill; now, it is fast losing relevance due to dysfunctional construct.

Their intolerance knows no bound. I never thought that we could have it so bad.

Imagine fa. In a recession, they failed to stimulate the economy, failed to finance the budget that would have led to cash injection, and failed to do anything of note at all.

Then power bills got increased, medical bills skyrocketed; a lot of things are not even on the market anymore. Yet, they keep on piling hardship on the citizenry much that it has almost become one week, one trouble.

If my economics knowledge serves me right, to get out of recession, basically, a government either increases its spending to inject more cash into the economy, or cut taxes to reduce the incidence - burden. This government seems to be functioning in reverse gear. They do the opposite of everything.

Nigerians are some of the most law abiding citizens that I know of, but, when pushing comes to shove, they won't realize what hits them.

There's only so much that someone can swallow or tolerate.

malton:
This government has lost all the goodwill; now, it is fast losing relevance due to dysfunctional construct.

Their intolerance knows no bound. I never thought that we could have it so bad.

Imagine fa. In a recession, they failed to stimulate the economy, failed to finance the budget that would have led to cash injection, and failed to do anything of note at all.

Then power bills got increased, medical bills skyrocketed; a lot of things are not even on the market anymore. Yet, they keep on piling hardship on the citizenry much that it has almost become one week, one trouble.

If my economics knowledge serves me right, to get out of recession, basically, a government either increases its spending to inject more cash into the economy, or cut taxes to reduce the incidence - burden. This government seems to be functioning in reverse gear. They do the opposite of everything.

Nigerians are some of the most law abiding citizens that I know of, but, when pushing comes to shove, they won't realize what hits them.

There's only so much that someone can swallow or tolerate.

Seenyo:
Buhari is a blunder! The dumb nomad is a deadly disease!! 2019 is the CURE!

udy821:
This is the reason they want us to believe : NCC says the directive is “in order to provide a level playing field for all operators in the industry [allowing] small operators and new entrants to acquire market share and operate profitably. Small operators and new entrants are hereby exempted for the price floor for data services.”

To clear up any confusion that customers might have concerning this issue, NCC says, “For the avoidance of doubt a small operator is one that has less than 7.5 percent market share and a new entrant is an operator that has operated less than three years in the market.”

What is the NCC driving at? Well, for one, we know that it is trying to protect small operators like Smile, Spectranet and Ntel. Their major USP for entering into the market was 4G LTE data services and now that the big telcos have also joined 4G gang, things are not looking good for them. Also, the NCC issued a much-overlooked caveat when they withdrew the price floor last year. The Commission had stated that it could restore the price floor anytime it observed distortion in the market http://techcabal.com/2016/11/29/nigerians-data-price-hike-this-december/

agabaI23:
I am convinced that the data rate increase ordered by Buhari through NCC is deliberately meant to reduce access to internet for ordinary Nigerians so that the influence of social media on Buhari and his co-travellers will be limited.

By my own estimation, at least 50% of internet users will not be able to subscribe regularly as before and at least 20% may stop subscribing entirely for social media purposes.

If these people are cut of from the internet, they will be starved of authentic info and will not be able to post info as fast as before. They will depend on adulterated information coming from the compromised media houses.

Remember that Lai Mohammed had in different occasions in the past complained about the influence of the social media on the image of Buhari's government. Why are they after the same platform they rode to Aso Rock?

They have introduced the data tax through the back door and we are just watching them....Nigerians sorry ooo

Sorry Nigerians. We warned you but you would not listen.

southernbelle:
This is one of the reasons why unguarded statements are bad, why should Lai Mohammed make statements like that in public when he must have known the bombshell his government is planning to drop next? SMH..so Nigerians can always hold on to what he said now and use as a reference.

This government should also try to be sensitive to the plight of Nigerians, apart from the elite who have money stashed away, no one else is maintaining their previous standard of living; families are looking for ways to cut costs so as to be able to manage income properly.

NCC should know this is a wrong time to hike prices for anything at all, not now when nothing is currently making Nigerians happy and things are getting to a boiling point. They should know that access to the internet is like a basic amenity in several countries, it is also a small way to please the citizenry and shouldn't be put out of reach of the common man.

agabaI23:
Your comment is as beautiful as you..

deathcomestoall:
I am contesting for the 2019 presidential election.

PDJT:


I believe the question is: Did you support Buhari, your current president?

deathcomestoall:
The error is yours. I only responded to the way you arranged your questions. I stated in my first post, I supported this f o o l I s h man and yet you still asked me you supported buhari. And then, you went ahead to say 'your new president?' I don't have any new president only a current president. I hope this ends our conversation.