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Mobile users in Zambia will no longer incur extra charges on calls whenever they cross borders in a few neighboring Southern African countries, authorities have said.
This is according to Technology and Science Minister, Felix Mutati, who confirmed the development on Monday in Lusaka.
Mutati said this was because Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Botswana have agreed to scrap mobile roaming charges and this gets the countries to a single digital market.
“Besides looking forward to having Nonstop Boarder posts, Zambians will cut on trade barriers through the scrapping of roaming charges in the South African Development Community (SADC) region, making the four countries among the very first to take this progressive route,” he said.
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Mutati said this agreement will become effective in August this year as part of our initiatives as the four countries to create a One Network Area.
He said overtime, cross border travelers from Zambia have been incurring high internet and mobile roaming tariffs which we hope to address through this decision.
“You may wish to know that an initiative for a single digital market is already in place in the East African Community,” Mutati said.
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