Mobile operators reduce cost of data

The regulator engaged the sector as part of a broader push to ensure that communication services in the country remain affordable and aligned with the country’s digital transformation agenda. BOCRA said in a media release that the move followed a comprehensive costing and pricing study undertaken by the Authority to determine the actual costs of delivering various communications services in Botswana. The study encompassed both wholesale and retail services and was conducted in consultation with industry stakeholders.

“In pursuit of its mandate of promoting affordability of communications services and in line with the ideals of a digital economy, BOCRA conducted a costing and pricing study aimed at determining the actual costs of delivering various communications services in Botswana,” the regulator said in the release.