According to a resolution published in the Official Gazette, the cumulative increase upon completion of the second stipulated tranche, on April 1, 2023, will be 17.6%.
For iProfessional
01/03/2023 – 09:24 a.m.
The National Communications Entity (Enacom) authorized service provider companies to apply magnifications up to 9.80% in February and up to 7.80% for April in telephone, Internet and television services.
Through resolution 2393/2022 published in the Official bulletinEnacom established that the licensees may apply as of February 1 of next year an increase in the value of the retail prices of any of their plans in the postpaid and mixed modalities of up to 9.80%, and a new increase to from April 1 up to 7.80%.
For the increases were taken into account “the economic context” and the “difficulties that are experienced by all the actors involved, providers and user public”, as indicated in the recitals of the resolution.
The update is based on “higher costs and the impact of fluctuations in the main economic variables in the operations of the licensees”, such as, for example, the costs of personnel, connectivity and programming; and infrastructure investments in foreign currency.
Increases in cable TV, internet and telephony: details of the resolution
It was also taken into account evolution of different indices that allow demonstrating the purchasing power of a broad universe of users who have fewer resources in relation to others”.
In October and December, the regulated entityr authorized increases of up to 19.8% and up to 9.8%, respectively, which were added to two other increases of 9.5% that were applied to invoices from May 1 and July 1, respectively.
The regulations indicated that any increase applied by the Licensees of ICT or DTH Services (Satellite TV) that exceeds said limits must be reimbursed to its users in the next invoice to be issued, with updating and interest subject to the same interest rate applied to its clients for late payment.
In the event that the user chooses not to pay their invoice with increases greater than those authorized, the providers they will not be able to suspend the service nor compute arrears on those invoices.
Who can apply the increase
Modifications that companies make to their plans, prices and commercial conditions from this authorization to increase prices, they must be communicated to Enacom at the time of their application.
The application of increases will only be allowed to providers that have complied, up to now, with the regulations on retail prices provided above.
For the prepaid modality, maximum values for recharging 50 megabits (MB) of mobile data per day of $43.40 (previously $39.50) were established as of February 1st; second voice $0.66 ($0.60) and text messages (SMS) $8.70 ($7.90); in all cases with taxes included.
From April 1st the recharge of 50 MB may be charged $46.80; the second of voice $0.72 and SMS $9.40.
Increases in pay television, telephony and Internet are authorized
The raise caps They apply mainly to SMEs, cooperatives and smaller companies, since some of the large firms, such as Telecom, resorted to injunctions and precautionary measures to not comply with them, thus being able to increase their bills above these limits.
