MTN data plans increase by 50% in Nigeria

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The largest telecommunication service provider in Nigeria, MTN, has implemented a price increase to its data services in the country. The company announced this on its X page, citing that the price has be adjusted to better enhances its services and serve customers better.

The data price increment came in after the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) approved a tariff increase for telecommunications companies in Nigeria.

The telecom companies seek permission from the NCC to increase price 100% so that they can earn more revenue in order to cover rising costs. However, NCC only approved 50% increase for the telecommunication companies.

In alliance with the approval, we’ve discovered that MTN has increased its data plan prices by 200%. Before, you could get 15GB for N2,000, but now it costs N6,000. The biggest plan, 1.5TB, used to be N150,000, but now it’s N240,000. Other plans have also changed: the 100GB plan now gives only 90GB and costs N25,000 instead of N20,000. The 600GB plan has been reduced to 480GB and now costs N120,000 instead of N75,000.

The data price increase has sparked many reactions on several social media platforms. An X, formerly Twitter, criticizes and said “what sort of outrageous increase is that?… Just making sure the masses suffer more.”

Nigerians have been living with high inflation rate for more than three straight years. Hiking price of any commodities now will add to their struggles. In fact, many will not be able to make ends meet.

However, it worth noting that it’s not only MTN that has increased data price in Nigeria, other telecommunication companies including Airtel Nigeria and Globacom have also hiked their data services prices.

Full List of MTN’s New Data Plans and Bundles Prices

Data Amount Validity Price (₦) Additional Perks Notes
100MB 1 Day 100 Basic daily plan
100MB 3 Days 200
200MB 1 Day 100
200MB 3 Days 200
500MB 30 Days 500
1GB 1 Day 350 Short-term plan
1GB 7 Days 600 Weekly plan
1.5GB 30 Days 1,200 2.4GB YouTube Night Night-specific data
1.8GB 30 Days 1,500 +5 mins talktime
2GB 30 Days 1,300–3,000 Tiered pricing
2.4GB 30 Days 1,200 YouTube Night Night-specific data
2.5GB 2 Days 600 Short-term plan
2.5GB 30 Days 1,500
3GB 30 Days 1,300–1,600
4.25GB 30 Days 3,000 +10 mins talktime
5GB 7 Days 1,500
5GB 30 Days 2,500–9,000 11GB + 25 mins (for ₦5,000 tier) SME plans available
5.5GB 30 Days 3,500
6GB 30 Days 3,000 2GB YouTube Night Night-specific data
7GB 7 Days 2,000
12GB 30 Days 4,000 2GB YouTube Night + extras
20GB 30 Days 7,500 SME plan Business-focused
25GB 30 Days 10,000 SME plan Business-focused
35GB 30 Days 13,500 SME plan Business-focused
150GB 60 Days 40,000 Likely SME/bulk plan
200GB 60 Days 50,000 NEW: 2-Months plan
165GB 60 Days 50,000 Validity mismatch¹
300MB + Talktime 30 Days 1,000 ₦3,900 talktime Talktime bundle
650MB + Talktime 30 Days 2,000 ₦7,850 talktime Talktime bundle
1.5GB + Talktime 30 Days 5,000 ₦19,500 talktime Talktime bundle
2.5GB + Talktime 30 Days 10,000 ₦39,000 talktime Talktime bundle
360GB 90 Days 100,000 SME plan Long-term business plan
480GB 90 Days 120,000 SME plan Long-term business plan
600GB 90 Days 75,000 SME plan Long-term business plan
1TB 90 Days 250,000 SME plan Long-term business plan
1TB 365 Days 100,000 Discounted yearly rate
2.5TB 360 Days 250,000 3-Months bulk plan
4.5TB 365 Days 450,000 Yearly bulk plan
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