HARARE - Mobile data in South Africa is more expensive than in regional economic rivals Nigeria and Egypt and compared to regional neighbours Zambia and Malawi, new data showed on Tuesday, adding weight to growing calls for the country’s telecom groups such as Vodacom, Cell C and MTN to lower mobile broadband tariffs under the #datamustfall campaign.
Data released after a study by Cable says the average mobile data tariff for South Africa stands at R101.91 per GB or 7.19 in US Dollar times. This is in contrast to average mobile internet charges of US$1.49 and US$2.22 per 1 GB in Egypt and Nigeria respectively. Others consumers and experts on telecom say data is still expensive in South Africa and this has been buttressed by the release of average data pricing stats comparing tariffs in South Africa and other key markets in Africa and across the world.
This is despite stats showing that more than 58 percent of South Africans access the internet using mobile devices. In other neighboring countries such as Zimbabwe, mobile broadband accounts for nearly all of internet connectivity.
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