Great news to all 3G users! Minister of Telecommunications Nicolas Sehnaoui announced at NDU today that capacities for all 3G plans will be increased by 50% for the same prices.
It isn’t clear however whether the increase will be immediately effective or it has to wait until we renew the service.
Update:
According to The Daily Star, capacities will increase as of May 1st. Minister Nicolas Sehnaoui claimed on twitter that capacities will increase as of May 7th.
Telecom Minister Nicolas Sehnaoui posted on new year’s eve a list of goals he’s looking to accomplish in 2013 in the form of predictions (à la Michael Hayek).
Prediction 2013 #1- Improve the 3G quality with the Deep Indoor Expansion
Prediction 2013 #2- Deploy 4G in the main cities
Prediction 2013 #3- Start the Fiber To The Homes (FTTH) tender process and start connecting users to the Fiber Optic network
Prediction 2013 #4- Equip the remaining 130 co’s with DSL capability
Prediction 2013 #5- Allow and tariff VDSL technology to allow higher speeds for the 75% living under 2km from the CO
Prediction 2013 #6- Launch an International Tender on the management of the 2 mobile operators
Prediction 2013 #7- Finalize with Cyprus the purchase of 700Gb on the Alexandros cable
Prediction 2013 #8- Double the caps on 3G for the same price
Prediction 2013 #9- Start connecting the Heavy Users to Fiber Optic network
Prediction 2013 #10- Deploy the active cabinets that will allow 25% of people living further than 2km from the CO to get normal DSL
Let’s hope they all come true!
