Dhiraagu to reduce Internet tariffs, charge flat rates

MALE, Feb 6 (HNS) – Dhiraagu is to reduce Internet tariffs and charge flat rates for all hours, the telecommunications company announced. "We cannot say as yet by how much the tariff will be reduced," Dhiraagu's Internet protocol and data manager Ibrahim Riyaz told Haveeru in an interview. When Dhiraagu goes for the reduced rate on Internet dial-up tariffs towards the end of the month, the telecom company is to charge a flat rate for all hours. There will be no off-peak or peak hours with regard to Internet tariffs, Riyaz said. "People will be able to use the Internet at a cheap price at all times of the day," he said. Since Dhiraagu -- Maldives' sole Internet Service Provider (ISP) -- started Internet service here in 1996, this will be the seventh time it has gone for a price reduction in Internet tariffs. Dhiraagu is presently working towards the introduction of digital subscriber line (DSL) technology in Maldives.