Cost of mobile voice and data may reduce following the provision of extra spectrum at no cost by government to Vodafone and MTN Ghana due to the increasing pressure on bandwidth as a result of significant usage of data.
Since the partial lockdown of Greater Accra, Greater Kumasi and the Kasoa area due to the COVID-19 outbreak, many employees have been working from home.
This has reduced the speed of internet usage on both mobile and computer.
Minister of Communications, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful who disclosed this today at a press briefing said the extra spectrum which come at no cost will last for three months, and will aid the work of the telecom firms.
“The President has directed that the NCA should give more bandwidth to telcos during this period for free and that has been done.
“That has been given to the two telcos that are bearing the brunt of it; Vodafone and MTN,” she noted.
The Minister said “AirtelTigo has a sufficient spectrum so Vodafone and MTN have been given the additional spectrum for three months because we do need to reserve some for emergencies like this and so we can’t give them permanently.”
She was optimistic that pressure on their networks will reduce at this crucial period, urging Ghanaians to conserve data by limiting the download of “movies and music.”
