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The President of Argentina, Alberto Fernández announced that due to the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, it will freeze the rates of the Internet, Telephony and Cable TV.
“We have decided to declare public services for cell phones, internet services and pay television. In this way we guarantee access to them for everyone “Fernández declared on his Twitter account.
He also pointed out that “in this way we are recovering regulatory tools that the previous government took away from the State” so that thus the rights of users and consumers are recognized before the law.
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“Education, access to knowledge, culture and communication are basic rights that we must preserve. Therefore We have ordered that from now on there are inclusive plans of basic, universal and compulsory benefit for those who have the least ”, said the president.
According to Fernández himself, this initiative will freeze the rates of said services until December 31, 2020.
This measure is added to the Law of Social Solidarity and Productive Reactivation, where the prices of bank accounts were also frozen. electricity, water, telephony, internet and television for non-payment.
We have also arranged to freeze telephone, internet and pay TV rates until December 31. Given the restrictions that the pandemic imposes on us, no one should give up part of their income to face increases in the prices of these services.
– Alberto Fernández (@alferdez) August 21, 2020
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