Zimbabwe cellphone companies prohibited from increasing tariffs

Potraz says Mobile Network Operators must not increase tariffs above approached levels despite government imposing a five percent excise duty on airtime.

Baxton Sirewu, Potraz's acting director general said that the excise duty will be recovered from the current chargeable rates.

Potraz currently allows the country' three wireless network, Econet, Telecel and Netone to charge a maximum tariff of $0.23 cents per minute on voice.

For fixed network voice telephony, data and internet services, Potraz has requested operators to submit new tariff proposals, if necessary for review and approval to cover the five percent excise duty.