Telecoms Operators Reveal Why Call, Data Tariffs Must Go Up In 2025
Telecom operators in Nigeria have again submitted that the tariffs for calls, data and other services must increase in 2025 in order to guarantee the survival of their business. According to the operators, the current tariffs are no longer sustainable based on prevailing economic realities. The declaration comes hours after reports emerged that operators are waiting for the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) approval to increase calls, SMS, and internet bundle rates. The chairman of the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), Engr Gbenga Adebayo, made the submission in a statement on Monday while speaking on Sunday at an end-of-the-year event of the industry stakeholders in Lagos. He argued that the industry is in the final days of survival and may collapse, except there is an urgent intervention through the upward review of tariffs. In his speech titled ‘Before the final call: Telecom as sector is under siege,’ the ALTON chairman said...