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MTN Nigeria has increased the prices of its data plan weeks after the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) approved a 50 percent hike in the cost of telecom services.

The price increment has been met with outcry, with many lamenting how higher costs may impact the consumption of telecom services.

Here are the new prices of some of MTN’s plans:

15GB/week has risen to N6,000 from N2,000; 1.8GB monthly plan for N1,500, replacing the previous 1.5GB plan priced at N1,000; 20GB plan has been adjusted to N7,500, up from N5,500; 15GB plan now costs N6,500, up from N4,500.

The 90-day 1.5TB plan has jumped from N150,000 to N240,000, and the 600GB 90-day plan increased from N75,000 to N120,000. The two/three-month data plan of 100GN for N20,000 is now 90GB for N25,000, and 160GB for N30,000 is now 150GB for N40,000.

For now, only MTN has increased prices, but Airtel and Globacom are expected to follow after the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) approved a 50 percent increase in the cost of calls, data, and SMS on January 20 for the first time in a decade.

The hike is meant to support “the ability of operators to continue investing in infrastructure and innovation, ultimately benefiting consumers through improved services and connectivity, including better network quality, enhanced customer service, and greater coverage.”

Source: https://businessday.ng/technology/article/here-are-mtns-new-data-plan-prices/

Increased prices with shitty services

Improve your network too this switching airplane mode on and off is too much😐

The hike is meant to support “the ability of operators to continue investing in infrastructure and innovation, ultimately benefiting consumers through improved services and connectivity, including better network quality, enhanced customer service, and greater coverage.”

Hilarious!

These criminals declare BILLIONS in profit EVERY YEAR.

They could invest BILLIONS in improving their services and infrastructure and still have BILLIONS left as profit.

The HIKE is driven by nothing but GREED.

And the people approved the hike did so because MOST of them have shares in these Telcos.

So whatever the companies FLEECE from Nigerians will end up in their pockets as DIVIDENDS.

MADNESS!

Blame your useless government for international companies hiking prices. How can they make profit with the high price of diesel to power generators 24/7? Sometimes NEPA stupidly withholds electricity for four days. The mast in my area runs off its generator for those four days.

Nigeria is the most shitiest country in the whole multiverse

Ok..Less NUISANCE online

eepeepook:
Blame your useless government for international companies hiking prices. How can they make profit with the high price of diesel to power generators 24/7? Sometimes NEPA stupidly withholds electricity for four days. The mast in my area runs off its generator for those four days.

Otepu... The telecos have been posting billions as profit after tax year in year out, so what are you now saying?

Online bambiala/share me data go swell

Government of Yorubas.

Yorubas elected a disastrous disaster and a failed failure.

Las Las all of them are tasting the shege but their foolishness won't let them apologize for their unfortunate decisions.

Over to dstv

This is a free market.

Allow the telcos to set their own tariffs. That's the secret behind their massive success.

eepeepook:
Blame your useless government for international companies hiking prices. How can they make profit with the high price of diesel to power generators 24/7? Sometimes NEPA stupidly withholds electricity for four days. The mast in my area runs off its generator for those four days.

Talking sh!.t as usual, u live in an unfortunate area not to have electricity for 4 days when others are not aware when light goes off or return because of time gap in between off and on.
So the govt is operating the DisCos?
The companies are posting huge profits year in year out and diesel has been high for some years now, are you sure you know anything at all?

See talk abeg!!!

JagabanBorgu:
Talking sh!.t as usual, u live in an unfortunate area not to have electricity for 4 days when others are not aware when light goes off or return because of time gap in between off and on.
So the govt is operating the DisCos?
The companies are posting huge profits year in year out and diesel has been high for some years now, are you sure you know anything at all?

who even uses mtn data anymore

Rubbish. MTN will soon realise this is not how price increase is done. For instance, 50% increase of 2000 for 15gig is 3,000. The increase to 6000 is ridiculous and amounts to 400% increase.

Shey FCPCC says they're here to protect consumers. Oya na.



Time to port from MTN. Nonsense and ingredients.

Globalcom shior!!!

Inukwa ooooo

They should have increase it 100%. Those useless lazy people who are always on live everytime on tiktok doing rubbish, let's see how they will cope

Lol...

I'm glad they didn't touch the daily 2.5 ish.
Na that one go cause fight.

Not fair. That's like 200% increase.
Yesterday, the House of Reps opposed this new move.

They asked the FG to reconsider this new price hike. I wonder if their cries would have any effect.

See the news article below: 👇🏼

https://www.nairaland.com/8340305/reps-oppose-telecom-tariff-hike

Agree

MaziObinnaokija:
Ok..Less NUISANCE online

This yeye MTN actually increased its tariffs by over 400% by calculations.

Sadly, this government is now worse than bubu. Smh

South Africa taking from us but maltreating our people in their country

Agbadorians go soon scarce online



It's no more favouring them and their family

AfahaAbia:
This yeye MTN actually increased its tariffs by over 400% by calculations.

for the few plans I've seen, the highest is 300%, this is more than what NCC approved for them as maximum increase being 50%.
Let's see what Airtel and Globacom will come up with. It's easy to port.

I wonder how much those in the UK pay monthly for Unlimited data and calls, I won't be surprised if we will be paying almost same DESPITE THE EARNING POWER BEING SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER OVER THERE THAN HERE. e.g our Bsnd A electricity tarrif

The Tinubu affect. 🙁

There has never been an upward review of data prices in Nigeria since the days of Obasanjo, Yaradua, Jonathan, even Buhari, till this evil and clueless mofo forced himself on us.

🥺

tito44:
Otepu... The telecos have been posting billions as profit after tax year in year out, so what are you now saying?

Actually he is right
The power situation here is a huge joke
He was even being modest by saying 4 days
Have you seen the news of a teaching hospital not having power for 100 days?
You people keep shouting they don't do the same in SA and other countries forgetting that there is stable power there
Power drives industrialization
If you are stupid with it well you remain behind the world

The Nigerian internet space is about to be sanitized. All these Apc urchins with free opera 50 mb daily won’t make it online anymore.

LZAA:
Actually he is right
The power situation here is a huge joke
He was even being modest by saying 4 days
Have you seen the news of a teaching hospital not having power for 100 days?
You people keep shouting they don't do the same in SA and other countries forgetting that there is stable power there
Power drives industrialization
If you are stupid with it well you remain behind the world

na werey dem be. I don’t know who wan open business and to dey operate at a loss . And Nigerians are complaining of network issues.

These infrastructures costs dollars. And u sabi aw many naira you need gather to get $1