MTN Ghana has announced an adjustment to its tariffs following the passage of the Communication Services Tax (CST)(amendment) Act, 2020 (Act 1025).

In accordance with the amendment of the law, MTN Ghana has adjusted its tariffs to reflect the 4 per cent reduction in the Communication Services Tax.

A statement issued in Accra by Mr Samuel Koranteng, the Corporate Services Executive, MTN said the tariffs for all voice calls, data and SMS have been amended to reflect the downward adjustment of the CST.

It said in addition, MTN was giving a 5 per cent bonus on all types of recharges including; physical voucher, Mobile Money and EVD. The tariff adjustment took effect from the 15th of September, 2020.

It said, "as a responsible corporate citizen, MTN has since the amendment of the law taken several steps to ensure customers enjoyed the best of value propositions and an enhanced experience on the network."

"The adjustment will enable our customers to enjoy more talk time and browsing time for the same price of voucher or bundle they buy," it added.
The statement explained that the 5 per cent bonus on every recharge can be used for all types of calls, SMS to all networks and also browse on the internet.

It said the bonus on recharge is valid for a period of 7 days and is available until the 31st of December 2020.

To further to the enhanced Voice and Data values as well as the 5 per cent bonus on recharge, customers will continue to enjoy the existing 100 per cent Bonus on Recharge (BOR) done on the Electronic Voucher Device (EVD) and Mobile Money with validity period of 7 days.

It said customers, who have been on the network for less than 6 months would continue to get 100 per cent BOR on all airtime top-ups.
The statement said the 4G data bundle bonus remains the same. Again, 50 per cent 4G bonus 25 per cent data bonus on 'Terrific Thursday' offers are still available to customers.

MTN data bundle prices on TurboNet and Fibre Broadband bundles will remain unchanged even though customers will get more data volumes for their purchases.