Ghana says it will bring in a unified licence regime to bring down the cost of internet for operators and consequently consumers, MyJoyonline reported. This is part of the government's aim to make data accessible to consumers at a cheaper price. Minister-designate for Communication and Digitisation Ursula Owusu Ekuful said the new licensing regime would let telecom operators to acquire one set of licences for both voice and data operations.
According to Ursula-Owusu Ekuful, the current licence regime does not have the technological basis to grant a single licence for a spectrum operation, so operators acquire a separate one for each spectrum, either 2G, 3G or 4G. This situation, she believes, contributes to the high cost of internet.
