Tanzania: Vodacom Says Huge Tax Increase Not Linked to New Monitoring System

Vodacom has refuted reports that the huge increase in tax collection from the leading mobile telephone company in July is linked with installation of a monitoring system by a regulatory authority.

Vodacom's Executive Director, Ian Ferrao said in a statement yesterday that the 1.9bn/- tax payment for July this year which rose from an average of 360m/- per month was not a result of installation of Telecommunication Traffic Monitoring System (TTMS) by the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA).

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