After a hiatus of about two years, mobile phone companies are set to resume bonuses and promotions. This will bring smiles to mobile phone customers as the bonuses and promotions usually take the burden of paying for some of these facilities.
This latest development comes in the aftermath of the introduction of 5G services by two of the major mobile network operators in the country – Orange and Africell. The benefits of 5G to customers cannot be overemphasized. 5G can help make businesses more efficient and give customers access to more information faster than before. It even allows for students to invigorate education by providing them with faster and swifter information upload on their phones.
These breakthroughs came as a result of the government of President Bio’s serious engagement with the MNOS, with the shrewd leadership of Minister of Communications, Technology and Innovation Ms. Salima Bah and the Director General of NaTCA Mr. Amara Pedou Brewah. A sensitive and caring President Bio, through his able lieutenants aforementioned, urged the MNOS to improve on the quality of services to customers, while servicing their corporate social responsibilities.
This increase should have been effected long ago but government held on to it, in order not to heap too much economic burden on the people.
With increase in electricity tariffs and fuel prices, the overhead costs of mobile companies increased highly, but government prevailed on them not to increase tariffs. But with the huge investments in 5G switches and reinstatement of bonuses a marginal increase in billing was inevitable.
The increase is minimal and still makes our mobile tariffs very competitive.
