Econet Zimbabwe has notified its customers of its plans to hike data and SMS bundle tariffs on Friday. This follows a similar move by State-owned mobile network operator NetOne.

A message sent to customers by the mobile giant read:

Dear customer. Please take note bundle prices for data & SMS will be reviewed Effective 9 August 2019.

Service Providers operations have been negatively impacted by the 18-hour daily power cuts as they have to use diesel generators for their base stations.

Econet recently experienced a huge network blackout lasting several hours after a power cut disrupted its network centre.