(Business in Cameroon) - Officially launched on September 18, 2014, Nexttel has published its rates. According to information provided by the company, its rates are more expensive than those of Orange and MTN that were there before it.

Calls will be billed at a rate of 0.9 FCFA per second (54 FCFA per minute) within its own network and 1.1 FCFA per second (66 FCFA per minute) for calls to other networks. These prices contradict statements made by the company that it would be offering rates 15-20% lower than those of its competitors.

At MTN Cameroon, for example, MTN Elite and MTN Best, the two plans it offers to its prepaid customers, are cheaper than Nexttel’s. With MTN Elite, the subscriber gets a rate of 90 FCFA for the first minute of the day and 0.75 FCFA per second for the rest of the day on the network. Outside the network, calls cost 90 FCFA for the first minute and the same price the rest of the day, which is 1.5 FCFA per second.

Orange’s rates are lower than those of Nexttel. With the Orange Plenty plan, with its Classic, Fun (250 FCFA), Smart (500 FCFA) and Relax (1,000 FCFA) packages, Orange customers have lower rates. The customer can call at a rate of 0.5 FCFA per second (30 FCFA per minute) to all networks and 0.55 FCFA per second (33 FCFA per minute) for international calls.