Local mobile phone tariffs among africa's cheapest

 The report, by Research ICT Africa, compared mobile phone usage costs for 46 African countries for the period January 2011 and January 2012.  The report also gauges the level of competitiveness among players in an economy, by comparing the cost of the cheapest product of the dominant operator with the cheapest product offered in that market in general.

According to the report, in southern Africa, Botswana's mobile phone product costs were cheaper than South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Lesotho and Swaziland.  However, Namibia was third highest in Africa as a whole with its dominant operator, MTC, slashing prices aggressively and introducing highly competitive offers.