The Minister for Communication, Digital Technology and Innovations, Samuel Nartey George, says government’s engagements with telecommunications and pay-TV operators have resulted in significant reductions in the cost of digital services and improved value for consumers.
According to him, the interventions have led to enhanced DStv packages, increased mobile data allocations and substantial reductions in fixed broadband prices.
Speaking at the Government Accountability Series at the Jubilee House in Accra on Monday, September 7, Mr George said the enhanced-value DStv packages introduced in October 2025 had remained in force despite predictions that the benefits would be reversed.
“Despite predictions that the gains would be quietly reversed, prices have held, value has been sustained, and Ghanaian households have kept the benefit of that negotiation. That is what accountability looks like: a promise made, and a promise kept,” he said.
The Minister said similar engagements with mobile network operators in 2025 resulted in MTN increasing the data volumes on its bundles by 15 per cent.
He added that Telecel and AirtelTigo also increased their data allocations by 10 per cent each.
Mr George further disclosed that MTN, following additional engagements with the industry this year, had reduced its fibre broadband prices by as much as 70 per cent.
He said the price of MTN’s 100 Mbps unlimited fibre package, for instance, had been reduced from GH¢987 to GH¢299 per month.
“This is the return of a Ministry that understands this industry from the inside and negotiates on behalf of the Ghanaian consumer, not on behalf of the operators,” he added.
