Spectranet canvasses cost-effective Internet services for SMEs
Internet
Service Provider, Spectranet, has said small and medium enterprise need
cost-effective Internet services to maximise their growth potential
given a rising trend of business overheads.
The company also said the Internet
provided an avenue through which businesses as well as individuals could
access unlimited opportunities, tapping into the benefits of
globalisation.
The firm, in a statement on Friday,
stressed that for small business to grow, ISPs should consciously work
towards cutting cost for subscribers, and also give incentives like
extra gigabytes in their tariff plan.
It explained that more customers on the
networks of ISPs would result in the crash of tariffs, as Internet
access cost per person would drop.
More patronage of ISPs, it added, will drive expansion of the industry, which will in turn crash tariffs more.
“With more customers, the business
overheads will be shared among them with each person paying less. With
this drop in tariff, more people will also come on board, and this
process will continue to crash tariffs,” it explained.
The ISP, therefore, pointed out that
there was the need for operators in the industry to increase capacity,
which will subsequently reduce price.
According to it, owners of fiber optic
cables in Nigeria must deepen capacity beyond the 10 per cent level
currently maintained by them, as that would help ISPs to gain more
patronage, therefore, expanding the industry.
Spectranet added, “Internet penetration
has a direct correlation with the Gross Domestic Product growth of any
nation. Nigeria needs to address the national carrier issue, which is a
major determinant of growth in the business, especially in terms of
pricing.
“More users of Internet means the
reduction of fixed cost by ISPs as the costs will be shared. Internet
access charge will drastically drop if the issue of national carrier is
addressed by government. This will introduce some form of control in
terms of pricing.”
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