The High Price of Text Messaging in Zimbabwe

Cell phone operators in Zimbabwe have increased their prices by 1,000% as the country's inflation spins out of control.

Sending an SMS within the country costs between $5 and $7, sending the same SMS outside of the country costs between $12 and $20.

[via Les Afriques. Image from the The Huffington Post]

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