Internet price reduction not trickling down to consumers
Thursday, March 19, 2015
At a BTCL breakfast meeting held yesterday for clients, BTCL customers complained that the benefits of the price reductions have not trickled down to them.
Botswana Building Society’s head of Information Systems and Networking, Isaac Itheetseng said although the telecommunications group has announced a 75 percent price reduction last year, they have not seen the effect on their charges.
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