Telecommunication companies in South Sudan such as MTN, Vivacel and Zain have announced to their subscribers that communications tariffs will increase to 3.90 South Sudanese pound per minute from 19 October, 2016.
“Dear customer, with Zain a wonderful world talk, on-net at 3.15, off-net at 3.85 and F&F at 1.56SSP per min. effective from 19th Oct,” reads a Zain message sent to subscribers.
Meanwhile, both Vivacel and MTN have sent the same notifications to their subscribers informing them on the changes in the communication.
The announcement was received with mixed reactions by some customers. One customer described the decision as “bad to worse for the people of South Sudan.” Meanwhile, others blamed the deteriorating situation in the country which has affected the economy.