Starting tomorrow, Friday, April 1, the company Movistar will apply a price increase to the fixed internet service, pay television, and products packaged in duos and trios.
By how much will prices increase?
The operator will make an average increase of S/ 9.24 for trio service packages, S/ 6.04 for duo plans and S/ 4.25 for services such as fixed internet and pay television.
What is the reason for the rate increase?
Rate increases would be due to investments in fiber optic infrastructure, Osiptel said based on what the company reported.
“The reason for the rate update is based on investments for the deployment of fiber optics and improvements in the HFC network to support traffic growth in the service, adjustments for inflationary scenario and commercial expenses”, they indicated.
Faced with this price increase, the Osiptel He recalled that the operating companies cannot hinder the migration of consumers to plans with lower prices nor refuse to cancel the service if they so require.
“Users have the right to request a change in rate plan or cancellation of the service without conditions or explanations to the operating company”, the regulator said.
Will Internet service improve after the increase?
Osiptel said that the company indicated that there would be an improvement in Internet speed, between 10 Mbps and 15 Mbps, but not on all plans nor is it known from when.
Will other companies also raise their pay TV rates?
It is worth mentioning that the main operating companies that offer this service in the country are Claro, Movistar and DirecTV.
from the company Of course, point out that despite the rate increases that have occurred in other operators since the end of last year, they have maintained their service prices. “We hope that the market continues to favor us and the economy does not suffer a slowdown that also forces us to modify our rates,” the company declared.
The company DirecTV For his part, he stated that at “this time he does not plan an increase for the customer.” In addition, that throughout the pandemic the cost of its services has not increased.
