MTN Zambia has submitted a request to the Zambia Competition Commission (ZCC) to investigate the underlining costs for local calls to bring down the high charges of communication.
Company chief marketing officer, Ernst Fonternel said ZCC should determine the causes of high interconnectivity rates in Zambia, to help to come up with solutions on how to reduce the costs.
“We have put up an application through ZCC to look into the high connectivity rates within Zambia between the local players,” he said.
Mr Fonternal said measures were being put in place to address concerns that customers were raising in terms of lowering the cost for local calls.
He said Pricewaterhouse Cooppers was also conducting a study on the high interconnectivity rates which would be completed by the end of June this year.
Speaking after the Launch of the MTN Blackberry mobile phone in Lusaka yesterday, Mr Fonternal said customers should expect reduced rates once the two reports were finalised.
And Mr Fonternal said it would soon operationalise the international gateway once the operators licence was granted by the Government.
[ Times of Zambia]
Thats good news people have been exploited for far too long in Zambia by mobile phone operators .Lets hope the costs will definetly come down.
Bravo MTN thats a good move.
I’m going MTN! :d/
Bravo MTN, we also know that some of the exhorbitant charges and profits trickle back in miniscule amounts disguised as prizes of houses, toyota corollas etc for the purpose of PR.