Wed, 05 Jul 2017 12:26:15 +0000 By ANDREW MUKOMA THE Zambian Government has called on mobile network providers in Southern Africa to come up with affordable charges for home and away roaming charges in SADC region. Zambia’s Transport and Communications Permanent Secretary Misheck Lungu has said that the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat must double the efforts on encouraging conversations and resolutions on border roaming in the region. Mr. Lungu said the current, roam-like-home costs were very prohibitive in the region and asked delegates to make recommendations to their governments on what should be done to reduce roaming costs. He was speaking when he officially opened the 2017 World Radio Communication Conference (WRC) technical meeting at Protea Hotel in Livingstone on Monday. The five-day conference, which is being hosted by Zambia Information and Communication Technology Authority (ZICTA), has attracted several delegates from SADC Member countries. “I wish to urge the SADC Secretariat to […]
Mobile providers urged to charge affordable rates for roaming
