Home Internet rates in Russia will increase in the new year by 5% to 15%

The publication studied the dynamics of tariff increases and companies’ notifications about future price increases. Thus, starting January 1, the third Internet provider by number of subscribers, ER-Telecom Holding, plans to increase the cost of services by 15%, according to a subscriber of the company.

Rostelecom also sent an SMS warning of a 5-6% tariff increase. As the publication found out, some network users are talking about increasing the monthly fee by about 30 rubles.

In the press service of the telecommunications company they stated that the price increase is due to the constant increase in traffic.

ER-Telecom Holding stated that the increase in tariffs is mainly due to the increase in prices of foreign components that make up the physical infrastructure of the operators.

In the fall, TelecomDaily published the results of a survey of senior managers at telecommunications companies. According to this data, the cost of fixed line communications, home Internet and pay TV will increase by at least 10 to 15% over the next year.

Another TelecomDaily study among Russians showed that citizens began to save more on communication services. Thus, the proportion of those who use only mobile Internet increased from 20% to 30% in the second half of the year.

“The Ministry of Digital Development and the Federal Antimonopoly Service closely monitor prices for communication services, including cable Internet. If violations are suspected, an investigation is conducted immediately. At the moment, the Ministry of Digital Development does not record an increase in cable Internet rates above the inflation rate. In general, in five years the cost of cable Internet has grown by a maximum of 5% annually,” commented the Ministry of Digital Development on the data on the price increase.