MOBILE DATA CHARGES CUT

Mobile data and internet charges have been cut in Zimbabwe, the Postal and Telecommunications Authority of Zimbabwe has announced. Accordi...

Mobile data and internet charges have been cut in Zimbabwe, the Postal and Telecommunications Authority of Zimbabwe has announced.

According to the new tariffs, out of mobile data charges threshold have been reduced to 5 cents per Megabyte from 12.5cents while the national interconnection rate is down from 4 cents per minute to 2c ents with effect from July 1. This applies to data that is used outside the WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter bundles among others.

The reductions come after a costing exercise done by Germany company Detecon International GmbH which specialises in management and technology consulting.