John Ndlovu
State owned telecommunications company, tel-one has hiked its tariffs by 2%.
Tel-one is following in the footsteps of other operators like Econet, Netone and Telecel who adjusted their tariffs late last year.
The only company licensed to offer landlines in the country, released the new tarrif regime via its Twitter account @TelOneZw this Wednesday.
“Public Notice:Tel-one Broadband Tariffs effective 1 January 2023
Home Basic 10GB 6359
Home Basic Night20GB 6995
Home Extra 15 GB 8696
Home Plus 30GB 13999
Home Plus Night 60GB 17817
Home Premier 60Gb 26302
Home Premier Night 120GB 30968
Home Surfer 100GB 44543
Home Boost 200GB 69996
Infinity Pro 500GB 93328
Intense Uncapped 99691
Blaze light 8GB 5723
Blaze Xtra Light 15 GB 8902
Blaze Boost 20GB 11446
Blaze Ultra 40 GB 18440
Blaze Trailblazer 100GB 39452
Blaze Supernova Unlimited 78480
Infinity Supreme Uncapped 135750
Intensec ExtraUncapped 186656.” Stated a statement from the state owned telecommunications company.
These adjustments will see home-brand packages ranging from ZW$6359(10GB) to ZW$9969(intense package), thus a slight increase from the premordial prices of ZW$6255 and ZW$98072 respectively.
The following are consumer reactions to the adjustments via Twitter.
“Your service is now going bad. My WiFi has been down for the last four days and the fault was reported and up to now the fault was not rectified. “-@sitholetendai
“Applied one year ago still waiting. Not sure if no one in my area ever got connected. Losing hope now.” – @alfredncube
Meanwhile some consumers on the streets of Bulawayo find no problems in Tel-one’s new data prices for example one Mr Mguni told *Zim GBC News that Tel-one’s charges are still way lower than their competitors.
“Tel-one data prices are much more better than those of it’s counterparts(Econet, Netone and Telecel) as they have been reasonable especially in US$ so I prefer using data connection from Tel-One.” Stated Mr Mguni from Nkulumane suburbs.