“However, we further gathered that the Federal Government took the decision having discovered that data rates are very low-priced in Nigeria, compared to other countries, including nearby African countries.
Fed. Govt cannot see that other Govt in those countries are doing well and challenge them to get us out of this recession, is imitating them to increase data which will force some people out of online business, how do we get to this point, very soon we will be paying tax for Oxygen, so that the poor can die.

Pavore9:
“However, we further gathered that the Federal Government took the decision having discovered that data rates are very low-priced in Nigeria, compared to other countries, including nearby African countries"......Which can low-priced? For N4,000 monthly Airtel Kenya is giving me 400mins to all networks in Kenya, 2000sms to all networks and 3GB of data! Even when the data is exhausted one can still access the internet till the one month expires, at least l reg
ularly Skype with 0MB!

Hello brother how are you I hope everything is well on your end. All the best ok.

I really regret being a Nigerian. God punish this useless country and her leaders.

it baffles me when I see Nigerians fighting Kenyans online claiming Nigeria is better than Kenya. Kenya is far more better than this useless godforsaken country called Nigeria. shameless people. always claiming to be patriotic to defend useless country.

this foolish people talk that our data is very cheaper in world ,when my friend in USA pay 20dollas unlimited data that about 60g to 100 g or more than that 7000naira Bleep them.

omogidi234:


Thanks for this. However, (petition does not work in Nigeria as much as it works in developed Nations i.e. online petition), in addition to this, let your organization involve a lawyer, file an action against NCC and join the GSM operators as parties. Set aside a date that Multitude will besiege their offices nationwide and occupy for a whole day. I will sign the petition but that in itself cannot restrain them.

thank you. however i dont own or work in an organization. plus the petition is to serve as an appeal, and i really have faith the goverment is going to listen to us this time.

prinsam30:
To hell with both NCC and Telecommunications

PLEASE SHARE THE SECRET ON HOW YOU INTEND TO DO WITH OUT THEM .IS IT WITCHCRAFT U USED TO POST UR COMMENT ON NAIRALAND?

When I asked the telcos via their twitter handle, only glo denied the directive. I didn't bother asking airtel

dumo1:

Hello brother how are you I hope everything is well on your end. All the best ok.

Am good, Thanking God for his blessings.

[size=28pt] Please tell me what an average Nigerians benefited from Government..... government failed to provide power still they increase fuel, no water, no road,-----Telecom are burning fuel every minute, because no power, how can they cope with this policy, cos there will be a call drop across the country from citizens. This telecom is a private enterprise not government owned biz, government have licensed them and they pay tax as well, if any telecom decides to sell the air time much more lower than any other telcom that barely make them break even would government stop them for not breaking even? how can government view this if Nigeria has the cheapest call and data rate across the world. Recently DSTV slashed all there subscription across Africa accept Nigeria, what did our government say. To my own thought we need engineering technocrats to pilot the affairs of this country, people who understand the technicalities of any problem, and combat such with engineering approach instead of using policy. "policy is more like a decree", it makes people hate and fear ones government. If you want to use this policy to stop people from using social media, it will not work, because majority of ppl who can buy it no matter the cost are the ppl in the social media, every problem has its own peculiarity of approach so far I may call this double taxation. All the African country he is mentioning have light, good roads, hospital, school, etc, and the government love the citizens, and the citizens love their leader. so I don't believe that claim is true. [/size]

NaijaEfcc:
RUBBISH PLEASE WHAT WILL CHANGE.ORG DO OR BETTER STILL CHANGE.ORG DOES NOT WORK HERE!!! WE NEED TO HEAD TO THE STREETS!!!

you can and take along with you people that can. i belive in an onlinr petition and i started one. if you belive in protest, while dont you start one?

openmine:

how is d guy making any sense....so d subscribers r now d ones 2 bear d brunt because of inability of d companies u mentioned 2 compete wit oda mobile companies....?
U guys r d reason why the current FG keep churning out insensitive taxes and policies without sparing a tot about how it will affect the common man.....imagine an ncc director claiming dat we have one of d cheapest data price compared 2 oda countries in Africa....smh

Can you point out were in the article an NCC director stated the bold part?

I am tired of repeating myself, all NCC did was set a floor price, Its your duty to understand the pros and cons of floor pricing and its relevance in this age and time.

calyto:

Well, i am multitasking because i am a very busy person so i may not have broken it down to a level that you will understand.
But you can ask me what you don't understand. Who vex epp? Even if you wan vex, no be with your mate dem?

But i think you should know this-

Unlike voice, there was no floor price for data before now so NCC recently gave a directive that all data plans/offerings must align with a newly introduced data floor price. This benchmark will be painful to data users as some telcos may have to increase their data tariff but it will give these telcos the opportunity of facing how they can improve their quality of service rather than focus on how much competition is selling data.
I disagree that the floor price(minimum allowable price) will be 1.5GB for 3k.
I think it will be between 1200-1500 for 1.5GB.
Does it make small sense now?

Alright ooo NCC's PRO , today is 29th november 2016, just 2days more and we will know if your jargons up there will make sense or remain as jargons

I pray that buhari will die insha allah amin

AZeD1:


Its not about competitive edge, but predatory pricing.

whether predatory pricing or not?
my own thinking which am directing 2 u is how does it concern d subscribers....?
must we always be the like lone beneficiaries of every tin bad in d country?
r dere no beta policies or structures in place 2 settle such lacuna without affecting d consumers?
All the consumers r asking is for a fair pricing regime and quality services....let d FG provide d enabling environment...Dis sud b d least of deir problems...haba

Time to stop buying data...say no to increment....

But u guys are voting MORE APC Governors, Will they work agains Buhari By 2019 ? We Are In For Recession.

AZeD1:


I understand the concept of a free market economy, i also under the concept of floor pricing (which you clearly don't). Then there's predatory pricing

When you understand all 3, lets talk.

The problem I have with textbook-model pipeliners like you is that you are obtuse about the existential parameters that could make market principles untenable or undesirable.

The soul of a free market economy is competition. Pricing. The history of the Nigerian telecommunications industry provide verifiable data that competitive and aggressive pricing has been the engine behind the overwhelming success of the sector in the last fifteen years.

Without competitive pricing, how long would mtn have continued selling SIMs for over 15k? Thus a militating factor on mobile phone penetration.

Without competitive pricing, how long would mtn have continued to maintain that per second billing is untenable? how about call rates? Data access rate? Heck, wasn't there a time there were two way charges for a call? etc

There is a reason why economics is a social science. Protecting niche competitors in a market where they have almost no footprint is the hallmark of a socialist or communist economy.

Pavore9:


Am good, Thanking God for his blessings.

Abeg enjoy where you dey no come back this zoo at all o.

openmine:

whether predatory pricing or not?
my own thinking which am directing 2 u is how does it concern d subscribers....?
must we always be the like lone beneficiaries of every tin bad in d country?
r dere no beta policies or structures in place 2 settle such lacuna without affecting d consumers?
All the consumers r asking is for a fair pricing regime and quality services....let d FG provide d enabling environment...Dis sud b d least of deir problems...haba

Here's a scenario of how predatory pricing affects the subscribers

1) The telco's come together to reduce data price so as to stop the growth of other companies smaller companies
2) Once the smaller companies are out of business, the telcos increase the data price and the subscriber doesn't have a choice.

matrixme:
if indeed it's to protect newer entrants, then those ones have to realize their undoing. We need to launch a campaign to boycott them, because we didn't send for them in the first place. There was no public outcry for flamboyant and expensive 4g data, all we always demanded for was good and cost effective internet since inception.
I am not surprised when a northerner is in charge of NCC. They never know the importance of data in the 21st century. Have you seen an Hausa man use a browsing phone? The ones that are privileged to have use it only to defend Allah related posts and buhari. They all don't deserve more than 10mb.

Sir you are right, the only modern "thing" you can see with majority of hausas are their old transistor radios. They want us all to go back to non browsing phones with radio so that we can listen to their prepared lies...

Fongido:
I really regret being a Nigerian. God punish this useless country and her leaders.

it baffles me when I see Nigerians fighting Kenyans online claiming Nigeria is better than Kenya. Kenya is far more better than this useless godforsaken country called Nigeria. shameless people. always claiming to be patriotic to defend useless country.

I FEEL THE PAIN,ANGER AND FRUSTRATION IN U AND TRUST ME U R NT ALONE.THE ECONOMY IS BAD AND THE GVT IS USING THE MASSES TO DRIVE IT VIA TAXES ET ALL.THEY ARE LOOKING FOR EVERY AVENUE THAT THE COMMON MAN UTILIZES TO TAX,;stamp duties via banks,,increment in fuel price,telecommunicatim,electricity and yet rate of crime high,no jobs,no money to buy food.even the basic amenitides to atleast enable biz environment and yet his family will send their pr to celebrate the daughter and tell nigerians that shes marrying a billionaire and shw us the customized lv boxes forgetting theres hunger and anger.2019 THAT MAN SHLD FORGET ASO ROCK

Fongido:
I really regret being a Nigerian. God punish this useless country and her leaders.

it baffles me when I see Nigerians fighting Kenyans online claiming Nigeria is better than Kenya. Kenya is far more better than this useless godforsaken country called Nigeria. shameless people. always claiming to be patriotic to defend useless country.

we dont even defend.. lets go offline to NCC offices nation wide n burn it down, nobody will show but tell them tinubu will give them 2k each to stand with him we will all be there!

arabianights:
PLEASE SHARE THE SECRET ON HOW YOU INTEND TO DO WITH OUT THEM .IS IT WITCHCRAFT U USED TO POST UR COMMENT ON NAIRALAND?

I use wizardcraft, are u OK now

[color=#550000][/color][s][/s]all i can say is thunder fire ncc and fg

Slymonster:
What the hell is happening in this country,who we offend because i like to know

Lmao..Naija my country. Dis is just the beginning. In January, Electricity tariff will increase aswell. Nigerians will still argue on social media, suffer and smile. Gullible set of people. Only a revolution will end dis madness called Nigeria. God Help us!

Una never see anything yet. Ahhahahhaha. BUHARI till 2023.

What can this government say Nigerians are benefiting from them.. from power,herdsmen,extreme high cost of living e.t.c.; now telecom has join the long list... haba with APC change to suffering. The African countries they talk about are they suffering as Nigerians. This government isn't thinking straight at all. May God deliver us.

alt3r3g0:
If the people providing the services are not running at a loss or complaining, who is NCC or FG to complain and compare with data plans across the world?

Arrant nonsense

They should compare efficiency too not only data, they don't know what we are passing through here, they are working everyday and night to make life more difficult for Nigeria, if u protest Army will shoot u, what do u want us to do,they want to generate revenue from jobless and destitute filled country

AZeD1:


Here's a scenario of how predatory pricing affects the subscribers

1) The telco's come together to reduce data price so as to stop the growth of other companies smaller companies
2) Once the smaller companies are out of business, the telcos increase the data price and the subscriber doesn't have a choice.

so Wats d function of NCC?
chop money and clean mouth?

AZeD1:


Here's a scenario of how predatory pricing affects the subscribers

1) The telco's come together to reduce data price so as to stop the growth of other companies smaller companies
2) Once the smaller companies are out of business, the telcos increase the data price and the subscriber doesn't have a choice.

Then the smaller companies should make better services their stronghold and strength. then NCC should make 1gb data to N1000 as cap price. With that smaller companies can offer at that price with better network services than the bigger companies thereby leading to change in market share in data subscribers

AZeD1:
This is a mischievous report. The increase was not a FG(Presidency directive), rather it came about as a result of complaints of the smaller companies and new entrants (Smile and Ntel).

How much is smile charging for Internet? Most people use same network for calls and data.

What would you say about smile and NTEL regarding phone calls?