The availability of multiple applications like BBM, Skype, WhatsApp is eating up the revenues of major Nigerian Telecommunication companies. With the budding apps, calling and short message services have taken the back seat and as a result, the telecommunication companies are facing a massive loss of revenue.

A recent report has revealed that majority of the telcos have fallen some 30% decline in their expected revenue generation. Apart from this revenue drop statistics, the report also suggested that the companies could see an additional decrease of 20% in the total revenue. In order to reclaim the loss, some of the telcos have raised data price through the means of shaving, which is eventually hurting the broadband penetration in Nigeria.
How the shaving is done

The current data plans, irrespective of the network hardly last the expected duration it is meant to last, due to increased use of internet in Nigeria. For example, I’ve been a victim of Airtel on several occasions. Buying their so called 2GB BIS plan for 1,500 naira is suicide. The last time I used the service, I hardly got 200 megabytes of data usage before I was slammed with the reality of my “data is exhausted!” What a sham?


http://somtoo.com/nigerian-networks-introduce-shaving-to-balance-cheaper-data-costs/

Please where Is the price for FTC

Shaving, so dem don turn to barber.... Smh

udemzyudex:
Shaving, so dem don turn to barber.... Smh

yes, with swagger by 'shaving your head' and blowing cool breeze on it

AdeniyiA:

yes, with swagger by 'shaving your head' and blowing cool breeze at it

Taa gerreout

udemzyudex:
Taa gerreout

I don't hobnob with kids

Lol

Lol I never really tot about this issue this way tho

MTN d chief SHAVER....NA BLUNT RAZOR DEM DEY USE

Airtel 2gig na loobish, the shave with broken bottle.
Glo is kul

But maybe them don remove subsidy

nzeobi:
Airtel 2gig na loobish, the shave with broken bottle.
Glo is kul

but their network coverage is bad.... glo hardly connects to the internet inside unilag and it environs, very slow

Chai...so they are now Bankywing our data? Eeh? Osaro abeg come sell glo sim gimme abeg!!!

Oyetboy:
but their network coverage is bad.... glo hardly connects to the internet inside unilag and it environs, very slow

Maybe it's cos of environment cos it's cheap on bb10

I think Etisalat remains the best in data reliability. i subscribed 2k for 2gb after exhausting my data, my data counter showed 1.97gb.

Little wonder my hair no longer lasts for the stipulated time. MTN. Airtel, Etisalat and glo join hand dey shave my hair

Shaving ko, frictioning ni

Thief telecom companies, are there no telecoms in the Western World where these applications are widely used? People still use text messaging and call services because they are cheap and affordable and no magomago in their charges unlike this 'shaving' method wey our telecom companies wan begin use shave the remaining hair for our head. No be we cause dis one wey una dey so no need to transfer aggression to your customers in the form of shaving abi na barbing.

k

True.......
God bless Mike adenuga (glo) for his 3gb....saving the ass of students

Op that's true the airtel BIS works with speed.of light

.

Hmm

So in other words they are exploiting us?

Liesss

Ayam coming ooo

MTN father of all shavers, shaving the shavees off their hard earned cash. I activated a one month BIS plan with these robbers only for my browsing speed to get throttled three days later. I just jejelly remove the useless simcard and inserted my etisalat.... Etibaba saving lives since 2008..

I already know that we're been ripped off.

It's not just Airtel.

so, what is the way forward?

LMAO. fp @ last.