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29/08/2012
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Price difference between accounts post and prepaid is in charge
Taxes levied on prepaid calling come to account for nearly 60% of the price paid by the user, said Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo during lunch-debate Lide (Group of business leaders). He also pointed out that the difference in charging a connection between post and pre-paid is in the collection of taxes.
In a telephone bill in the amount of R$ 100, about R$ 36 in taxes correspond to fixed option and R$ 38 when the account is mobile, said the minister.
The authority also points ing that there is a contradiction in charging more for heavy consumers of prepaid mobile phone, which has less purchasing power, compared to postpaid plan.
- If you have a post-paid phone, you pay a tariff. But if you have prepaid, paid on average two and a half times this tariff.
The minister admitted that there are high costs of telecommunications services and explained that the R$ 38 tax on cellular phone calls, R$8 correspond to federal taxes and about R$ 30, depending on the federation to state taxes.
He said the government is working closely with companies to alleviate the accounts sector and stimulate investment, with discounts at various stages of improvement in infrastructure, including also the construction sector. For now, the government seeks exemption agreements for connections in rural areas.
- Have managed according to the states to relieve the popular broadband. Fourteen states have signed an agreement, while five have signed but not yet made changes.
Source: The Day Online
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