Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Technology has announced the price of internet service packages in the Maldives will be reduced by 30% starting from July.
Increasing the quality of internet services in the country and making the services affordable is a key pledge of President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. In a tweet, the ministry revealed the government is set to reduce the price of residential packages by 28-30% and set the lowest throttle speed to 2 megabits per second. The government has set the throttle speed for packages over USD 19 to 5 megabits per second.
With the new changes, the government has introduced three new packages, which are a USD 16 package with speed of 5 megabits per second, 30 gigabytes of allowance, and 2 megabits per second throttle speed, a USD 32 package with speed of 15 megabits per second, 100 gigabytes of allowance, and 5 megabits per second throttle speed and a USD 45 package with speed of 25 megabits per second, 200 gigabytes of allowance, and 5 megabits per second throttle speed.
The changes will be implemented on July 1 and is set to reduce the internet service prices for around 70% of the population. The changes also include reducing the price of mobile data allowance by 20%, which will be implemented in October.
Minister of Environment, Climate Change and Technology Aminath Shauna said the reduced prices of internet services and increased internet speeds are in accordance with the wishes of the majority of the people.