MTN Zambia has launched a public pay phone facility to cater for all people in the rural areas countrywide.
MTN Zambia Chief Executive Officer Farhad Khan said despite the widespread use of mobile phones across the country, public phones still played an important role in the telecommunication sector.
He was speaking at the launch of the MTN public pay phone in Lusaka today.
Mr. Khan disclosed that the MTN Public pay phone would cater for the poor and vulnerable people who could not afford a mobile phone in the country.
He explained that the MTN Pay phone would be sold at the MTN offices at the cost of 250,000 Kwacha adding that many people would afford.
He said there was no better form of community empowerment than the freedom and ability to communicate.
Mr. Khan added that one could use a minimum of 300 Kwacha for 20 seconds when calling MTN.
“From today, anybody in Zambia can talk for as low as 300 Kwacha, be it within Zambia, Africa or anywhere else in the world”. He said.
Meanwhile, Mr. Khan also disclosed that MTN had grown with a market share of 1.6 subscribers this year compared to 800, 000 last year.
He also told the briefing that MTN was the first to reduce prices for international calls by up to 85 percent for selected destinations and on average of 40 percent across the board.
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Ifya bupuba. Thats just the problem with Zambians, they think having mobile phones is advancement.
Why not think of a cheaper mobile phone technology instead of going 20 yrs back. Where is the vision ba MTN. You just bumped into some 200 public pay phones at a telecom junk yard and you thought Zambians could use this trash??
PUBLIC PAY 4NES, EH? MA JOKES. PUBLIC PAY 4NES WERE SUPPOSED TO BE IMPLEMENTED 25 YEARS AGO NOT TODAY. MAYBE, WHY DIDN’T THEY LOOK INTO HOME LAND 4NES AS DOMESTIC 4NES COULD CREATE AN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR INTERNET CONNECTIONS IN THE HOMES. I KNOW THERE’S EVEN A MOBILE INTERNET CONNECTION BUT LAND LINES HAVE MORE USAGE OVER MOBILE INTERNET CONNECTIONS. IT REALLY PAINS ME HOW BEHIND ZAMBIA IS. ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS STILL IN ZAMBIA PAY 4NES WERE A COMMON FEATURE IN BOTSWANA. THATS HOW BEHIND ZAMBIA IS.
cntd from #3…JUST SEE THE TRAINS THEY ARE COMMISSIONING- I DON’T KNOW IF ANYONE REMEMBERS THE WESTERN FILMS WE USED TO WATCH SUCH AS CLINT EASTWOOD, THE LAST APACHE WARRIOR, ETC. THOSE ARE THE TRAINS WHICH USED TO FEATURE AND THOSE ARE THE LATEST TRAINS IN ZAMBIA TODAY. PEOPLE ARE BEING TAKEN FOR GRANTEED, MAN!
I HAVE SEEN NOT ALL U BLOGGERS ARE INTELLIGENT, THIS MOVE DESERVES AN APPLAUSE.
In the rural areas ehh! Where will they get tockens to use in these payphones, masobela…..