Zimbabweans will have to pay nearly three times more for mobile calls after the country’s telecoms regulator hiked tariffs by 182%.
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) says the increase will keep operators viable amid increasing costs of doing business.
The latest adjustment means on-net calls will now cost 48 cents per minute (Zimbabwean dollars), up from 17 cents.
Potraz increase tariffs back in April in response to the introduction of market-determined interbank exchange rates as well as fuel price increases in January 2019.
Portaz Director-General, Gift Machengete, said the operating environment has since changed for operators due to inflationary pressures on the economy.
Year-on-year inflation for the month of June reached a 10-year high of 175.66%.
