Prices ofInternet Descending: This morning (Tuesday), the company announced 018 Xphone On lowering browsing prices, and starting today, a browsing rate of 100 megabytes with infrastructure will be sold for 100 shekels per month.
The price reduction compared to pre-reform prices is around 20-30 shekels per month.
Bezeq sells a 100 megabyte rate for 110 shekels, and to that you have to add the provider's price, so the price may reach 130-140 shekels, depending on the price the provider sells the internet connectivity for. However, today, following the reform, the prices mentioned above are dropping to 99 shekels per month for 100 megabytes, including infrastructure and provider.
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In addition, it was also learned that Hot also lowered its surfing prices to 12 megabytes yesterday, and instead of 89 shekels per month, the price will be 75 shekels from today just for infrastructure. To this must be added the carrier price, so the price for the 12 megabyte package is not attractive.
Today, the reform of the fixed-line market begins, and it is expected that in the first phase it will not go smoothly and there will be glitches.
The Ministry of Communications announced that it is establishing a dedicated task force to handle problems that arise during the first few days. As part of the reform, customers will no longer have to call the provider separately and the infrastructure company separately, and they will be able to receive their comprehensive internet package through the service provider. In other words, the infrastructure becomes indifferent to the customer and it is the internet provider that sells the service to them from end to end.
Because work processes are complex and the transition of customers and lines from flash to providers may be complicated, some Internet providers prefer not to publish prices at this stage and wait until the situation becomes clearer and the business is running smoothly.
Until then, it is highly likely that the prices set by Xfone will be the prices that everyone will more or less align around, and 100 MB will cost approximately NIS 100. The question of whether telephony will be included in the package or not still remains open.
