{"id":51219,"date":"2024-10-08T13:07:53","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T13:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=51219"},"modified":"2024-10-08T13:07:53","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T13:07:53","slug":"ncc-withdraws-threat-to-sanction-musks-starlink-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/10\/08\/ncc-withdraws-threat-to-sanction-musks-starlink-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"NCC Withdraws Threat To Sanction Musk\u2019s Starlink In Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has decided to withdraw its earlier threat to sanction<\/a> Elon Musk\u2019s internet company, Starlink for increasing its subscription price without its approval.
\nThe Commission\u2019s Director of Public Affairs, Dr. Reuben Muoka, who shared the NCC\u2019s position earlier, said the response to this publication\u2019s inquiry was an \u201cerror\u201d.
\n\u201cPlease ignore my response above. My statement was an error of assertion,\u201d\u00a0he stated in his message to our Analyst.
\nIt is, however, unclear why the regulator has backtracked having established that the company contravened its law for increasing tariffs without the regulator\u2019s approval.
\nNCC earlier issued a sanction statement against Starlink
\nThis followed our earlier report in which stakeholders had accused the telecom regulator of a double standard for allowing the price increment while disallowing local telecom operators from increasing their tariffs read also:.
\nIn response to this publication\u2019s inquiry on the matter, Muoka had said the NCC did not approve Starlink\u2019s price increment.
\nAccording to him, Starlink\u2019s action contravened Sections 108 and 111 of the Nigerian Communications Act, 2003, and its license conditions regarding tariffs.
\nHe also said the telecom regulator was also surprised by the price increment implemented by Starlink.
\n\u201cThe decision by Starlink to unilaterally review their subscription packages upwards did not receive the approval of the Nigerian Communications Commission.
\n\u201cWe were surprised that the company jumped the gun by announcing price changes after filing a request to the Commission seeking approval for price adjustment for which the Commission was yet to communicate a decision.
\n\u201cThe action of the company appears to be a contravention of Sections 108 and 111 of the Nigerian Communications Act, 2003, and Starlink\u2019s License Conditions regarding tariffs.
\n\u201cThe Commission will therefore take appropriate enforcement measures against any action by a licensee that is capable of eroding the regulatory stability of the telecommunications industry,\u201d\u00a0the DPA had stated.
\nRecap<\/strong>
\nStarlink last week increased monthly subscription for its internet service in Nigeria by 97% from N38,000 to N75,000.
\nFor new users, the company also increased the Starlink kits (hardware) by 34% from N440,000 to N590,000.
\nThe company in a message to its customers in Nigeria cited \u201cexcessive inflation\u201d as the reason for the increment.
\nMeanwhile, telecom operators in the country under the aegis of the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON) and the Association of Telecommunications Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) have been clamouring for tariff review.
\nAccording to them, the telecom industry is the only industry that has not reviewed its prices despite the rising inflation in the country and other economic realities that warrant increment.
\nHowever, the NCC and indeed the Minister of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Dr. Bosun Tijani, have dismissed the calls by the operators, urging them to explore innovative solutions to counter inflationary pressures and high operating costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has decided to withdraw its earlier threat to sanction Elon Musk\u2019s internet company, Starlink for increasing its subscription price without its approval. The Commission\u2019s Director of Public Affairs, Dr. Reuben Muoka, who shared the NCC\u2019s position earlier, said the response to this publication\u2019s inquiry was an \u201cerror\u201d. \u201cPlease ignore my […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":24596,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51219"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51231,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51219\/revisions\/51231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}