Vietnamese-backed Natcom against tariff on International calls
May
24
2011
The Vietnamese-backed Natcom company does not support a plan announced the president of Haiti, Michel Martelly, to charge a tariff on International calls. Michel Martelly wants to charge a fee of USD0.05 on every incoming international calls billed to the service providers.
Martelly wants to provide free education to all children in Haiti with part of the funding coming from this sector. Following the 2010 earthquake, most schools in the Haitian capital were destroyed. The government is expecting to create classroom for 500,000 Haitian children by June 2011.
As you may remember, Natcom a Vietnamese based company took over Teleco in a recent agreement with the Haitian government. The company agrees to participate on a National Fund for Education in Haiti. However, as a representative from Natcom said: " we are against price floors", arguing that this will prevent competition.
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