Section 118, The National Communications Authority Act, 2022

(1) The Authority shall review the tariffs for publictelecommuunications services if such review is warranted by any rapid changes in the cost of living index and foreign exchange rates (2) In rewiewing the tarriffs, the Authority shall take all relevant factors into consideration including- (a) a reasonable return on capital and accumulation of adequate reserves for expansion and up-gradation of services; (b) optimization of usage and growth of network; (c) usage by, value to, and capacity to pay off different classes of customers; (d) the need for cross-subsidization such as between diferent parts of the network, between urban and rural and between business and residential customers; (e) consumer price index and rate of foreign exchange; and (f) views of the public telecommunications operators and a-cross section of customers.