The NCC announced on Thursday 24th Jan 2013 that anybody
subscribed to a Nigerian network must not be charged more than 4 Naira for text
messages sent to other networks.
The NCC has set a February 5th as effective date of the
policy. Josephine Amuwa, the Director, Legal and Regulatory Services of the
Commission said “There was a general recognition that the cost of SMS is too
high, especially in view of the interconnection rate of N1.02 for SMS as
determined by the Commission in 2009.
“In accordance with the powers conferred on the Commission
under Sections 4 and Chapter V11 of the Nigerian Communications Act (NCA),
2003, the Commission hereby sets a price cap of N4 for Off-net SMS.
“The new rate shall be implemented within 30 days from the
date of the directive,”
She said operators proposed price ranging between 7 – 10
Naira but the commission insist on N4.
Ms. Amuwa said that this had been communicated to the
operators since January 3, adding that it would, however, not place a price cap
on international SMS.
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