Truth234:
As the economic crisis continued to weigh on businesses, telecommunication firms are planning to adopt drastic measures to boost revenue.

Telecoms companies in the country are planning to curb losses from international calls and meet a revenue target of N20 trillion by blocking subscribers from using Skype and other internet call services, called Over-the-Top, the Punch reported on Sunday.

According to the report, subscribers might also be prevented from voice and video calls on Facebook and Whatsapp, among other OTT services.

A manager at one of the major telecommunication companies in the country, who preferred not to be named said, “It is an aggressive approach to stop further revenue loss to OTT players on international calls, having already lost about N100tn between 2012 and 2017.”

The manager added that “If we fail to be pro-active by taking cogent steps now, then there are indications that we may lose between N20tn and N30tn, or so, by the end of 2018.”

This further support Ovum report, a United Kingdom-based research and analytics company that about $386 billion would be lost over a period of six years, between 2012 and 2018, from Nigerian customers using the OTT voice applications.

“Generally, the main fear of the telecoms operators here will be that customers will increasingly use Skype as a substitute for conventional international calls,” said Mattew Reed, the Principal Analyst at Informa Telecoms and Media.

Whereas telecoms operators in the country have said international calls made up the bulk of their revenue due to Nigeria’s large diaspora population, but that the Nigerian Communications Commission is not doing enough to regulate the sector and keep them in business.

However, the Director, Public Affairs, NCC, Mr. Tony Ojobo, said, “We don’t have any evidence that we do not regulate the Internet.”

http://investorsking.com/telecoms-to-block-skype-whatsapp-calls-to-boost-revenue/

wizzyrich:
Is it not money we use to purchase data to make these calls or na free ? These people are funny.

Fuqman:
There's nothing to benefit as a citizen of this country. I think another name for Nigeria equates to "hardship"..

Truth234:
As the economic crisis continued to weigh on businesses, telecommunication firms are planning to adopt drastic measures to boost revenue.

Telecoms companies in the country are planning to curb losses from international calls and meet a revenue target of N20 trillion by blocking subscribers from using Skype and other internet call services, called Over-the-Top, the Punch reported on Sunday.

According to the report, subscribers might also be prevented from voice and video calls on Facebook and Whatsapp, among other OTT services.

A manager at one of the major telecommunication companies in the country, who preferred not to be named said, “It is an aggressive approach to stop further revenue loss to OTT players on international calls, having already lost about N100tn between 2012 and 2017.”

The manager added that “If we fail to be pro-active by taking cogent steps now, then there are indications that we may lose between N20tn and N30tn, or so, by the end of 2018.”

This further support Ovum report, a United Kingdom-based research and analytics company that about $386 billion would be lost over a period of six years, between 2012 and 2018, from Nigerian customers using the OTT voice applications.

“Generally, the main fear of the telecoms operators here will be that customers will increasingly use Skype as a substitute for conventional international calls,” said Mattew Reed, the Principal Analyst at Informa Telecoms and Media.

Whereas telecoms operators in the country have said international calls made up the bulk of their revenue due to Nigeria’s large diaspora population, but that the Nigerian Communications Commission is not doing enough to regulate the sector and keep them in business.

However, the Director, Public Affairs, NCC, Mr. Tony Ojobo, said, “We don’t have any evidence that we do not regulate the Internet.”

http://investorsking.com/telecoms-to-block-skype-whatsapp-calls-to-boost-revenue/

stev120:

shet up if u dn't knw what to say
read the article again the govt. gave them *tax* target that they can't meet up with, and thats why they plan to do so..

KingRex1:
Seriously, an international WhatsApp call of almost 45mins took less than 20mb.. Was wowed

Let em not stop it biko, we pay for data subscriptions at least.

ncoolsome:



so telcoms are now owned by the government abi?children of nowadays..

asuustrike2009:

Who regulates them? The government.
Who fixes interconnectivity rate? The government..
Who asked operators to raise their data rate? The government
What government body is responsible? NCC..
What government is in power? Apc
Who bears the burden of increase? Nigerians
What's the effect of the increase? Reduction in internet Penetration.

ncoolsome:



naah...telcoms are tryin to increase revenue?why?bcuz platforms like whatsapp or skype are used more often for messaging and callin instead of ur usual netwrk to netwrk calls.. and there's a prediction that by 2018 more people wld use such platforms and thereby more money wld hv been lost..tell me when u last sent an sms to someone whose on whatsapp? so this has nothing to do with the govt. hope u got this?

asuustrike2009:

Is it any country?

stev120:
enough, is a enough, must we all perish because of Apc..
thunder fire devil, from 50naira stamp duty to cutting off internet calls..
this govt. is creating more poverty by milking the masses dry..

Apc unah father.

Einl:


There is no regulatory commission in Nigeria that protects the Nigerian consumer.
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Must you wait for regulator

horllyma:
Stupid people
i bought data with my hard earned money and they still want to restrict me from using the data.




Oh heaven come to our rescue,
how long.

mikolo80:

No, Nigerians like it

mikolo80:
APC resemble mtn or glo ba

stev120:
;
olodo govt. gave them target and they are milking you dry to meet up..

Einl:


Lol.[quote ]

Thumbs up

mikolo80:
then stop buying data