THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) is finalising draft rules for compulsory sharing of infrastructure in the telecoms sector following last month's directive from Government which gave the sector three months to comply. According to Potraz, infrastructure sharing could cut costs by 15 to 30 percent and reduce individual companies' capital outlay by 60 percent.
Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa has since expressed concern over high costs of telecommunication services resulting from duplication of investment in infrastructure.
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