MTN Raises 1.5TB Yearly Data Plan to N240k, N20GB Now N7,500

Checks by Business Post on the MTN app revealed that the 1.5 terabyte data valid for one year, which used to cost about N150,000, is now N240,000.

This data plan is for HynetFlex Broadband users.

Also, the 1.0 terabyte valid for six months has been increased to N100,000.

For the same HynetFlex plan, the 30GB monthly plan is now charged at N9,000, while the 450GB for three months is now sold for N75,000.

For the Mifi Broadband package, the 30GB monthly plan is now N30,000, while the 120GB monthly package is now sold for N24,000.

A look at the normal data bundle for mobile devices showed that the 20GB monthly data plan is no longer N5,000 but N7,500, while the 25GB is now sold for N9,000, and 32GB data plan is now N11,000.

The new data increment is already generating reactions from consumers, who feel this is coming at a wrong time because of inflationary pressures.

Recall that the organised labour unions have threatened to disrupt economic activities in the country through nationwide protests if the federal government fails to review the 50 per cent tariff hike by the telcos.

They argued that the increment would affect every sector of the economy, pushing more citizens into hardship after they have experienced hikes in electricity and petrol.

Subscribers had earlier rejected the increment, threatening to drag the government to court if it does not rescind this policy.

“It is not it at all. It is so much for subscribers to bear. Already, we are grappling with a lot of things that are surrounding the business climate here… fuel cost, electricity cost, and all that… you are now looking at telcos asking for 100 per cent and NCC now is granting them 50 per cent It is a no-no,” the president of the National Association of Telecoms Subscribers (NATCOMS), Mr Deolu Ogunbanjo, said.