South Africa Runs Out of Patience With Carriers Over Data Prices

  • Vodacom, MTN may be prosecuted by antitrust regulator
  • Data prices have scope to be reduced by as much as 50%
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South Africa’s two biggest mobile-phone companies have for years been under pressure to lower data prices for their poorest customers, and the country’s antitrust regulator is running out of patience.