Indeed, in the two weeks space, the users of these services come to note an increase appreciable going between 1900 FC and 2000 FC to 2200 FC through several points of sale.

This situation is denounced by Kinshasa people which denounces a speculation that they do not manage to justify. The fixed prices of Internet also know the same fluctuation of price. Thus this fixed price for Mobile money and the retailers varies between 1200 FC to 1400 FC for 100 megabytes.

Considerable salesmen wholesalers of prepaid cards require the involvement of the Authority of regulation of the stations and telecommunications (ARPTC) to help the government to stabilize the prices in this sector so as to relieve the subscribers of these services.

Certain users on the other hand allot this increase in price to the depreciation of the FC vis-a-vis the American dollar.

Corneille Kinsala N’soki


(CKS/Yes)