Section 54, The Telecommunications Act, 2006

(1) The Commission shall review the tariffs for publictelecommunications services if such review is warranted by any rapid changes in the cost of living index and foreign exchange rates. (2) In reviewing the tariffs, the Commission 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) optimisation of usage and growth of network; (c) usage by, value to, and capacity to pay of different classes of customers; (d) the need for cross-subsidization such as between different parts of the network, between urban and rural and between business and residential customers; (e) consumer price index and rates of foreign exchange; and (f) views of the public telecommunications operators and a cross-section of customers.