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Zimbabwe Cuts Mobile Data Tariff

Zimbabwe Cuts Mobile Data Tariff
  • PublishedJune 21, 2018

Price of mobile data has been cut by 60%  by Zimbabwe’s Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority nike revolution 7 (POTRAZ).

The new price cut will take effect from July, with the regulator saying in Harare that it would review charges annually.

The agency said that mobile data would cost five cents per megabytes 50 — цена 600 грн в каталоге Ветровки ✓ Купить мужские вещи по доступной цене на Шафе , Ветровка nike air р 48 – Украина #66611078 – nike roshe run nm fb grey camo pants boys blue instead of 12.5 cents, exclusive of taxes.

“The authority took into account the prevailing economic environment as well as the competing barron trump height tall nikes melania donald trump needs of ensuring operator viability and service affordability for the consumers,” it said.

POTRAZ said that charges by Internet service providers would be determined by the market, but imposed a 50 per cent cut in the cost of calls between local telecoms companies.

Lower prices will likely increase the country’s Internet penetration rate, which the country’s regulator says stood at 50.8 per cent last December, as more subscribers find it cheaper to access the Internet.

Data showed that Internet traffic doubled womens air jordan 6 barely rose dh9696 100 release date between January and December last year, but the price reduction could eat into data revenue for Econet Wireless, the country’s largest operator.

Econet, which accounted for 65 per cent of the data market share as at December 2017, did not respond when reached for comments.