adminwas aimed at promoting Internet usage in Zimbabwe.
“The service has effectively become one of the lowest priced Internet packages in the country.
“This will go a long way in benefiting small and medium enterprises and individuals to carry out effective electronic transactions,” he said.
Mr Evans said price per megabyte on the scratch cards would vary depending on the amount of data bought.
The megabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information storage or transmission.
“Basically, the price reduces as the bundle gets bigger,” said Mr Evans.
He said the new data bundle would see the price of a megabyte dropping drastically with the lowest, 100MB priced at US$5 (5 cents per MB) and the largest, 4G, costs US$100 (2,5 cents per MB).
In comparison, the lowest price per MB on the old pricing was 7,3 cents. ZOL has more than 85 Wi-Fi hotspots in Harare, Mutare and Bulawayo.
In January this year the company joined the Econet family after it was acquired by a subsidiary, Liquid Telecom. — New Ziana.
Online Reporter