The increase in the cost of mobile data in Zimbabwe recently has attracted various and diverse responses. Others have tried to compare the cost of mobile data in Zimbabwe against those of other SADC countries.
Technomag, based on statistics by Communication Regulators Association of Southern Africa, concluded that, the cost of mobile data in Zimbabwe is among the lowest in the region in US-dollar terms.
The research conducted by the Communication Regulators Association of Southern Africa shows Botswana recording the highest data tariffs per megabyte charging US$93, followed by Eswatini charging US$56 per 1000MB while Zimbabwe charges on average of US$20
per 1000MB.
The four leading telecommunications companies in Zimbabwe, namely, Econet, NetOne, Telecel and TelOne recently reviewed up tariffs of their internet bundles packages.
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A preposterous, ill-informed and baseless comparison. In reaching such conclusions, one need to consider affordability in terms of per capita income, salaries, poverty, unemployment rates. If we take into account such factors, and bearing in mind that Zim is one of the poorest and unhappiest countries in the world, then its tariff rates may be the highest in the world in real and not paper terms.