Zimbabwe’s largest mobile-phone network operator, Econet, has finally bowed down to a Postal and Tele-communications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) directive as they yesterday announced they were slashing down their voice tariffs by at least 30%.
Before yesterday, Econet had resorted to fighting PORTRAZ in court, a move which has since been reversed, as the company joined Telecel Zimbabwe and the TelOne the latter two who complied with the PORTRAZ directive earlier.
The directive issued in October, was effective by 1st January, meaning Econet acted with the stipulated timeframe despite their earlier protest.
“Please note that tariffs have been reduced to 15c/min for Econet to Econet calls and 16c/min to local networks effective 1 January 2015,” Econet announced on Thursday.
The average tariff for the three networks put together stood at 23 cents per minute before the reduction.
The POTRAZ directive was due to a public outcry which prompted a survey by regulator discovering that mobile phone users were being overcharged by more than 30 percent.