Ring for less ching

INTERNATIONAL phone calls and certain other Telecom Namibia services will cost less from Monday.

Telecom’s Managing Director, Frans Ndoroma, on Wednesday announced that international call charges, to fixed or mobile destinations, will cost 14 per cent less on average. Charges for calls to SADC countries such as South Africa, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe will remain unchanged, however.Basic telephone line rental charges will increase by 10 per cent.National leased line tariffs up to a distance of 200 km will be 13 per cent cheaper and fixed-to-Inmarsat call charges will drop 10 per cent.Telecom reduced international IP bandwidth tariffs by 10 per cent on September 1.International leased line charges will be further reduced by eight per cent from October 1.A reduction of 10 per cent was already implemented in July this year.Charges for calls to SADC countries such as South Africa, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe will remain unchanged, however.Basic telephone line rental charges will increase by 10 per cent.National leased line tariffs up to a distance of 200 km will be 13 per cent cheaper and fixed-to-Inmarsat call charges will drop 10 per cent.Telecom reduced international IP bandwidth tariffs by 10 per cent on September 1.International leased line charges will be further reduced by eight per cent from October 1.A reduction of 10 per cent was already implemented in July this year.