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Is infrastructure sharing a game changer in Zimbabwean telecoms?

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Is infrastructure sharing a game changer in Zimbabwean telecoms?

Nicholas Nhundu

Econet Wireless is the dominant player in the Zimbabwean mobile telecoms industry with a total of 6.5 million active subscribers in 2014 while NetOne and Telecel held 3.2 million and 2.1 million, respectively.1 In order to promote investment and enhance competition, the Post and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) is in the process of finalizing infrastructure sharing rules for broadband and other ICT infrastructure which are expected to be implemented by August 2015.

Part two: Mobile money in Kenya and Zimbabwe

Part two: Mobile money in Kenya and Zimbabwe

Lebogang Nleya and Genna Robb

In the April edition of this Review, we discussed some emerging competition issues with mobile money in Africa. In a number of countries the telecoms companies that provide the mobile payments service have established positions of significant market power which have raised concerns of potential abuse of dominance.