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kumbatira kaphale
kumbatira kaphale
9 years ago

The problem is also here at MACRA. We charge the operators very high fees in licences per year…And guess what!; we spend that money globe trotting (everyone here from Messenger flies to international conferences/meetings). We are hardly in Malawi but busy attending conference after conference abroad. We don’t even invite the operators to attend and benefit from these conferences and meetings…Ofcourse we also donate to the ruling party of the day. The operators are paying a lot for the licences and they have to make up for that. I challenge my organisation, MACRA, to reduce the licence fees, remove interconnection… Read more »

titus Scoti
titus Scoti
9 years ago

Inu a MACRA lero mufuna muoneke abwino? Where have you been all these years? Or should we say it is Kumbatira who has seen that these telecoms providers are ripping off the consumers? Telecom Networks have been here since 1996 azitinamiza kuti they are still investing in capital assets, mpakana liti? Kuba basi! MACRA should indeed intervene. CIRMS ilowe m’bwalo.

muropwana
9 years ago

Mesa munkakana chi machine cha Bingu inu and you called it a spy machine? Ndizimenezotu. The poorest country with the heighest tarrifs. Muzova.

Chikopa
9 years ago

I have never join aitel friends chat but the kept deduct k150 every month and amangokuza kuti kuti mulowe pangani mwakuti ,nanga osatiuza kuti mutuluke pangani mwakuti kundibela ine ndilimaso waaaa

jesus is lord
jesus is lord
9 years ago

Same old stories everyday what a joke of a Nation we are.

charlie hebdo
charlie hebdo
9 years ago

Service providers ripping off consumers…. ah, maybe we in Malawi were meant to suffer like this.. l wish just to take Multichoice Mw as an example. Their Dstv charges are higher here than in RSA. Why should we have rate variance? I dont understand

Chabecheker
9 years ago

Extra charges on blackberry service is banditry and theft by these mobile phone operators as well. Plz mara do something to stop this unjustifiable practice

mboba
mboba
9 years ago

Tnm are robbers and Airtel is the best

Ganamba
9 years ago

That’s the end result when politics is at play. These are areas we need reforms.

Mulhupalhi Wa Mulhupalhi

My word to MACRA: Macra, you are a regulator and not a service provider. As you try to inform Malawians of their rights, you also need to consider policies that should govern the telecom industry. There should exist a legal framework that will guide the ISPs in conducting their business here in Malawi. You understand?

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