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Phone line charges slashed

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    Nigeria’s government announced on Wednesday a 25-percent reduction in the charge for installing a telephone line and a review of the cost of international and domestic rates to reduce them by between 25 and 50 percent for off-peak calls, ‘The Guardian’ reported.

    The installation of a new telephone landline will now cost N15,000 (US $150) against the current N20,000 charged by the state-run telecommunications company, NITEL, the daily reported Information Minister Jerry Gana as saying.

    Nigeria has a poor record for access to telecommunications with only 500,000 lines in a country of more than 120 million people, around four lines per 1,000 people, AFP reported the government as saying.

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