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Govt considers reducing duty on smartphones
17 Mar 2018 at 12:07hrs | Views
A duty review on smartphones loom as regulatory authorities seek to ensure affordability and increase uptake of data and internet services by industry and commerce across the country.
Consultations are already in progress on the duty structures following concerns that most of the devices are being sold at high costs and prices.
Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) director general Dr Gift Machengete told journalists in the capital that plans to slash the duty structures are also being made after realisation that the uptake of internet and data services is on the rise.
"We are really taking into account such a plan and we hope it will benefit all the related parties," he said.
It is also being anticipated that the duty review structures will also take into account the need to achieve objectives of the national ICT policy.
Consultations are already in progress on the duty structures following concerns that most of the devices are being sold at high costs and prices.
Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) director general Dr Gift Machengete told journalists in the capital that plans to slash the duty structures are also being made after realisation that the uptake of internet and data services is on the rise.
"We are really taking into account such a plan and we hope it will benefit all the related parties," he said.
It is also being anticipated that the duty review structures will also take into account the need to achieve objectives of the national ICT policy.
Source - zbc
