{"id":230732,"date":"2024-10-12T11:56:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T11:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/12\/nigeria-to-sanction-elon-musks-starlink-for-unauthorized-price-hike\/"},"modified":"2024-10-12T11:56:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T11:56:11","slug":"nigeria-to-sanction-elon-musks-starlink-for-unauthorized-price-hike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/12\/nigeria-to-sanction-elon-musks-starlink-for-unauthorized-price-hike\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria to sanction Elon Musk&#8217;s Starlink for unauthorized price hike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/199\/19943680.295.jpg\" alt=\"Starlink commenced operations in Ghana in August 2024\" title=\"Starlink commenced operations in Ghana in August 2024\" width=\"295\" height=\"179\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Starlink commenced operations in Ghana in August 2024<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">Nigeria began a process to sanction Starlink Inc. after the satellite-internet service owned by billionaire Elon Musk increased its prices without approval from the regulator.<\/p>\n<p>SpaceX\u2019s Starlink unit recently nearly doubled its monthly subscription rate to 75,000 naira ($46) from 38,000 naira citing \u201cexcessive inflation,\u201d while there was a 34% hike in equipment charges to 590,000 naira. Nigerian law requires telecommunication license holders to obtain approval from officials before they raise tariffs or charges. <\/p>\n<p>The regulator said in a statement late Tuesday that it has \u201ccommenced pre-enforcement action on the licensee\u201d since Oct. 3, following Starlink\u2019s decision to hike prices without approval. <\/p>\n<p>While the US company did file a request, it jumped the gun by announcing price changes before the Nigerian Communications Commission had shared its decision, the NCC said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe decision by Starlink to unilaterally review its subscription packages upwards did not receive the approval\u201d of the regulator, it said.<\/p>\n<p>In response to a request for comment, Starlink shared a link to an Oct. 1 statement on X by Musk stating \u201cStarlink prices must roughly match the rate of inflation in any given country.\u201d The annual rate of inflation in Nigeria was near a three-decade high of 32.2% in August.<\/p>\n<p>The NCC hasn\u2019t allowed any tariff increases by mobile phone operators for several years and in 2022 ordered MTN Nigeria Communications Plc, the nation\u2019s operator, and Airtel Africa Plc to reverse a 10% price increase.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starlink commenced operations in Ghana in August 2024 Nigeria began a process to sanction Starlink Inc. after the satellite-internet service owned by billionaire Elon Musk increased its prices without approval from the regulator. SpaceX\u2019s Starlink unit recently nearly doubled its monthly subscription rate to 75,000 naira ($46) from 38,000 naira citing \u201cexcessive inflation,\u201d while there [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":212084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-230732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nigeria to sanction Elon Musk&#039;s Starlink for unauthorized price hike - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/12\/nigeria-to-sanction-elon-musks-starlink-for-unauthorized-price-hike\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nigeria to sanction Elon Musk&#039;s Starlink for unauthorized price hike - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Starlink commenced operations in Ghana in August 2024 Nigeria began a process to sanction Starlink Inc. after the satellite-internet service owned by billionaire Elon Musk increased its prices without approval from the regulator. 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