Data prices can be cut but it will not be easy, says Romeo Kumalo
IT IS possible for data prices to be trimmed. That is the opinion of former Vodacom executive Romeo Kumalo.South Africans are watching closely a campaign titled Data Must Fall — by radio hosts and business partners Thabo "Tbo Touch" Molefe and Gareth Cliff — that has given major cellular networks days to trim down data costs in the country.Speaking on the sidelines of the media launch of television show Shark Tank SA, Kumalo said that it was possible for data prices to be cut but highlighted that it is not that easy."I do think that there is an opportunity for us in SA to bring down the pricing of data using different methodologies‚" said KumaloPart of the Data Must Fall campaign focuses on how much data costs in other countries in comparison to SA. Reports show that 1GB of data costs R11 in India‚ R22 in Nigeria and R32 in Namibia — while it costs R150 in SA."It is possible‚ but there are a number of factors that drive pricing; it’s not just one thing and I don’t think that you can...
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