From Dec.1st, 1.5GB Data Will Cost N3000- NCC

Subscribers of the Global System of Mobile (GSM) telecommunications across the country would pay more for data with effect from December 1, 2016, The PUNCH learnt on Monday.Although the

 telecoms companies declined to speak on the matter, top management workers across the networks confirmed the story to our correspondent, saying that the directive was from the Nigerian Communications Commission.Speaking on the condition of anonymity, a senior management employee of Etisalat Nigeria said.“The NCC issued the directive late last week on the orders of the Federal Government. We have not announced it yet because most of the major telcos have been meeting the NCC on how to reverse this policy, because it will be too harsh for Nigerians.“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.“The government might have also taken the decision given that Nigerian subscribers have been kicking against the proposed nine per cent Communication Tax, whose bill is currently in the National Assembly.”