I think this one might be on me. A few articles ago I said that it was surprising that none of Zimbabwe’s mobile network operators (MNOs) had raised data bundle prices in 2022 and that must have sent some bad vibes into the universe because Econet has announced that it will be reviewing data bundle prices on the 25th of January 2022.

Dear Customers,
Please note, we will review our Voice, Data & SMS bundle prices effective, Tuesday 25 January 2022.

To access Voice & Data bundles dial *143#
To access SMS bundles dial *140#

Visit www.econet.co.zw/services/bundles for more information.

Econet on Twitter
Dear Valued Customers,

Please note, we will review our Voice, Data & SMS bundle prices effective Tuesday 25 January 2022.

Visit https://t.co/36USZKz6MT for more information. pic.twitter.com/iSH7BHonhs

— Econet Wireless (@econetzimbabwe) January 24, 2022
Econet has fired the first shot and it’ll be interesting to see how expensive the bundles are going to be this time. I fear that Private Wi-Fi bundles are going to be asking of a lot from Econet’s customers but we will have to wait and see.

This announcement, of course, means that we should expect the same from NetOne and Telecel.