East Africa one network area to be launched in a month

Once the low cross-border calling charges are implemented, the rates are expected to decline to $0.1 per minute for retail and $0.07 per minute for wholesale. TEA GRAPHIC |

Mobile telephone subscribers in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda will have to wait for at least a month to benefit from low cross-border calling charges.

The rollout under the Northern Corridor Infrastructure Framework has been deferred pending the Heads of State Summit scheduled for October 7 to 9 in Uganda.