Minister defends mobile phone charges

Voice vs data Mokaila says data costs more than voice
Voice vs data Mokaila says data costs more than voice

Transport and Communications minister, Kitso Mokaila has cleared the air around allegations of overpricing by local mobile phone operators.

Responding to a question in Parliament, the minister said the reality is that phone charges are not expensive, but that what is expensive is data, noting that the data charges are very high.

“The reason advanced for this is because of the spatial distribution of our population,” Mokaila said, “and therefore, the infrastructure that goes with it to get to them is expensive”.

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