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Malawi Regulator Divided Over 4th Mobile License Tender
Malawi's Communications Regulatory Authority (Macra) is reported to be split over an application for the country's fourth mobile operating license from Comium Malawi which has links to President Bingu wa Mutharika's daughters.
The Nyasa Times reported that several members of the regulatory body are concerned that their job contracts - which expire shortly - will not be renewed by the President if the company is not granted a license.
A source at regulator has said that Tapiwa and Duwa, both daughters of the President Mutharika, are exerting pressure on the Macra board and management to give them the fourth licence. "If this goes ahead it will be corruption of some sort, Comium Malawi should not get it because they were not the best," a top level Macra source told the newspaper.
According to statistics from the Mobile World analysts, the country ended last year with just under 2.6 million customers, which represents a population penetration level of around 18%. The country has two active mobile networks, Zain and Telecom Networks Malawi, with a third, G-Mobile due to launch.
On the web: Nyasa Times- Mobile World
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