Telecommunication companies predicted a rise in price of communication

The connection in 2020 may rise in price by more than 20%, Kommersant said with reference to a survey of Telecom Daily telecom companies. So almost a quarter of the respondents believe, more than a third predict a increase in prices by 10-15%.

According to the survey, 84% of the operators predicted the increase in prices as a whole, and only 13% suggest that they will remain at the same level.

The reasons were called a deterioration in the economic situation and the fall of solvent demand, an increase in the exchange rate and rental payments. In addition, due to coronavirus pandemia, operators will suffer the greatest losses in terms of orders from small and medium-sized businesses, explained Telecom Daily Director Denis Kuskov. Many of them are already refusing to extend the contracts.

Dmitry Petrov Provider CEO Dmitry Petrov is sure that operators will not be able to compensate for falling income by raising prices in the consumer segment. Perhaps that is why people will refuse to pay for home Internet in favor of a mobile.

• According to Dmitry Petrov, due to the self-isolation regime, traffic growth amounted to 30% to 50% in recent weeks. This corresponds to the annual growth and requires investment in increasing the capacity of the network. At the same time, the business operators are affected by the increased electricity tariffs.
• Due to the epidemic, mobile operators lose subscribers from Moscow who travel to the dachas or return to the "home regions". From March 25 to April 8, Moscow left Moscow more than 15% of its metropolitan users.