HARARE — Analysts have revised downwards Zimbabwean telecommunications group Econet Wireless’ expected dividend for the year to February 2013 to 12c per share.This comes two weeks after the company — whose tie-up with South Africa’s Cell C has been touted as successful — released half-year financial results that failed to meet analysts’ expectations.Econet has worked with Cell C to offer a "Call Home" service that lets expat Zimbabweans in South Africa call home at cheaper rates. Calls made to Zimbabwe using its Call Home SIM card cost R2.25 per minute.Other South African mobile operators’ standard tariffs for calls to Zimbabwe are R3.99 from Cell C, R4.89 from MTN and R3.90 from Vodacom.Rangarirai Mberi, spokesman for Econet Wireless, said on Wednesday that Call Home was offered through Econet Wireless South Africa, a virtual mobile network operator (MVNO), as part of the agreement with Cell C."Econet Wireless SA offers its services using one of the South African networks and does ...
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