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Communication Technology Authority (ZICTA) has introduced fixed
telecommunication charges for all operators expected to come into effect on
November 1, 2010.<BR><BR>This follows the Authority’s recent cost of service
study that was undertaken by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) of the United Kingdom
that recommended the relaxation of tariffs.<BR><BR>Announcing the development
yesterday, ZICTA director general Margaret Kunda-Chalwe said all voice calls
would be charged at 5.9 US cents (K300) per minute and reduce to 5.3 US cents on
January 1, 2011 with a further reduction to 5 US cents at the beginning of
2012.<BR><BR>She also announced that Short Message Sending (SMS) charges would
with effect from November 1 be pegged at K295 reducing to K132.50 and K125 in
2011 and 2012 respectively.<BR><BR>Chalwe said the rates for interconnection
would be dominated in Zambian kwacha in conformity with the law and given the
low inflation rate in the country.<BR><BR>She also disclosed that ZICTA would
implement all recommendations from PWC which included the control of
telecommunication charges, the elimination of wholesale tariff discrimination
and the stimulation of effective communication, among other
issues.<BR><BR>Chalwe also announced that ZICTA had made funds available for
building towers in un-serviced areas where telecommunication companies could
mount their transmitters.<BR>
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