Zimbabwe's government has rejected a proposal by mobile phone firms to ban Over The Top (OTT) services such as WhatsApp and Skype, a minister is quoted in the Herald Newspaper as saying.
Zimbabwe’s government has rejected a proposal by mobile phone firms to ban Over The Top (OTT) services such as WhatsApp and Skype, a minister is quoted in the Herald Newspaper as saying.
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The firms requested that OTT services be regulated, arguing they were knocking their profits.
“We did mention that as a progressive government, which promotes access to technology, we were averse to the idea of stifling these technologies or banning them,” Information Communication Technology Minister Supa Mandiwanzira said, the Herald reports.
South Africa’s lawmakers have also been considering a request from mobile phone companies to regulate OTT services, which are cheaper to use.
