Mobile concessions in Zimbabwe to be converted to universal licences

Zimbabwe’s telecom regulator is working on replacing the current mobile licences with universal concessions when they come up for renewal later this year.

The government is making the necessary changes to the law to allow POTRAZ to issue the new licences, and expects to have the work completed by June.

The deadline of June is important as that is when Econet and Telecel’s existing licences expire and need to be renewed.

POTRAZ also recently announced that the country ended last year with 12.6 million active SIM cards – representing a population penetration level of 97 per cent.