Botswana’s communications regulator has ordered mobile operators to lower prepaid data rates, targeting the segment used by nearly all subscribers and most first-time internet users.
Following a costing-and-pricing study, the Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) approved new retail ceilings that took effect in August. Orange Botswana cut its headline prepaid rate to P0.69 per MB from P0.99, a roughly 30 percent reduction, while Mascom lowered its rate to P0.79 from P0.97, or about 19 percent. BTC’s prepaid data rate remains at P1.00.
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