Weeks after regulatory sanction by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Elon Musk’s Starlink has announced the suspension of its monthly service tariff hike for Nigerian users.
The company, which announced this through a statement issued to users on Thursday, 24 October, 2024, said the decision to put on hold the tariff hike was due to regulatory challenges.
Explaining that the hike was on account of inflation and designed to help “maintain operations and continue delivering reliable service,” the company, on Thursday, however, said it temporarily suspended the new price regime due to regulatory challenges.
“If you’ve already been charged at the higher rate, a one-time credit will be applied to your account to cover the difference. You also have the flexibility to cancel your service at any time,” the company stated.
Thegazellenews.com recallsa that last month, Starlink announced a 97 per cent tariff hike for monthly subscriptions from N38,000 to N75,000.
However, NCC, said in a statement on Wednesday, 9 October, 2024 9 that Starlink increased the subscription tariff without its approval and vowed to sanction the company.
In the past months, mobile telecommunications operators in Nigeria had demanded a tariff hike but did not receive greenlight from NCC.
