AKITDA to revise its service price list soon

Increase in

expenses has made All Kerala IT Dealers Association ( href="https://www.dqweek.com/long-held-impasse-between-akitda-and-intel-gets-resolved">AKITDA)

to

rethink on its service charge on all IT services. According to

sources, change in service charges on all IT products from annual

maintenance contracts to installations of hardware, networking, UPS,

printers and software support would increase around 15-20%. Currently

the service price is low compared to harsh economic realities. On

this account, Toshy Mathew, president, AKITDA-Ernakulum district

said, “Due to increased fuel costs and other expenses, it is high

time that we should change the same old service charges. The exact

date is not finalized yet for the implementation, we would decide

about it in the forthcoming meetings.”

Dealers all

across Kerala are demanding for changes in service price in order to

get a decent

margin. While talking about the increase in service charge, Jyoti

Shankar, state secretary, AKIDTA said, “Actually the expenses have

increased and every dealer is asking for a change in service charge

of minimum Rs 350 within 20 km radius depending on the volume and

type of work.” Apart from the service charge, the cost of the

products will also increase owing to rupee depreciation- major

vendors intend to increase the cost of IT products.