Yesterday NetOne send out a communication to their subscribers informing them that they would be reviewing Khuluma 24/7 bundles from today 4 September. We all now know well what reviewing means in this economy. It means as a customer you are about to get another belting price hike.

The bundles Haven

With Zimbabwe’s Mobile Network Operators now charging an exorbitant $0.48 ZWL per minute to make calls most Zimbabweans have had to make do with voice bundles. NetOne’s own version of voice bundles is called Khuluma 24/7.

It allows customers to make cheap calls across all networks on a clock. If you buy a bundle you get a fixed number of voice minutes which you have to use up before they expire.

The new Khuluma 24/7 bundle prices versus old prices

Cost ZWL	Minutes	Validity
3.00	10	2 days
5.00	20	3 days
10	45	5 days

Just so you can see how the prices have changed below are the old prices.

Cost ZWL	Minutes	Validity
0.50	3	1 day
1.00	8	1 day
2.00	18	1 day
3.00	28	3 days
5.00	50	5 days

Its a fair price increase to be honest

With the way, the price of everything is going up I kind of expected a shocker. This seems like a regrettable but fair price increase from my point of view. The bundles still offer significant savings when compared to shocking half a dollar cost of making calls out of these bundles.

The starting price of $3 might be a bit of an issue though. It’s kind of a high entry price to pay for a bundle that only lasts one day. It means this is a bundle you will only buy when you have a “story” to spend the bundles with your friend but is not ideal for casual callers.