BOCRA keeps close watch on mobile network operators
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
This follows the recent dismissal of an urgent application in which Mascom Wireless sought to challenge the directive from BOCRA ordering operators including Mascom, Orange Botswana and Botswana Telecommunications Corporation Limited (BTCL) to reduce, amongst other charges, off-net and on-net charges over a period of two years.
According to BOCRA deputy director of corporate communications, Aaron Nyelesi, the first reduction effected on June 1, 2017 and the final reduction will take effect on June 1, 2018.
While the political shift brings hope for change, it also places immense pressure on the new administration to deliver on its election promises in the face of serious economic challenges.On another level, newly appointed Finance Minister Ndaba Gaolathe’s grim assessment of the country’s finances adds urgency to the moment. The budget deficit, expected to be P8.7 billion, is now anticipated to be even higher due to underperforming diamond...