The increase, effective September 15, is meant to enable telcos expand across the country, the regulator, the National Communications Authority announced. Yet, going by the comments of some, the country might end up with expanded physical infrastructure, but with fewer users as citizens give up.
Based on the cheapest plan providing at least 1GB of high speed data over a 30-day (or four weeks) period of time from the operator with the largest market share, South Sudan comes in as the costliest data country, yet the regulator justifies the new price increase based on the fact that the last price was determined when one USD sold for 300 South Sudan Pounds; it now sales for 600.
