Rwanda Telecommunications Sector Performance Review 2007

Rwanda
TABLE 8A: COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF MOBILE PRICING ACROSS 17
AFRICAN COUNTRIES
TABLE 8A: COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF MOBILE PRICING ACROSS 17
AFRICAN COUNTRIES
Source: Esselaar, Gillwald and Stork (2007)
For a 3-minute call to the United States there was a dramatic decline in
prices between 2000 and 2004 and Rwandatel rebalanced prices. The
price fell by 78% and is now comparable with the prices in the Low-
Income Group (US$2.45 compared with US$1.95 or 26% higher) and virtually
equivalent to the sub-Saharan level of US$2.43. The absence of
price controls has not prevented the prices of calls to the US from falling
by 78% as a result of competition between the two major competitors,
MTN and Terracom and the usage of VoIP specifically for outgoing calls
to the US. Fixed-line charges have fallen by 6%, placing them just above
the Low-Income Group average and just below the sub-Saharan average.
The table contained no prices for the Internet in 2000. In 2004, Internet
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