Calling within EAC is so costly that one would spend less per minute when placing a call to India from Kenya than to Tanzania or Burundi.
Making a call to China or America from Kenya is cheaper than calling within the East African Community (EAC), in spite of efforts to eliminate roaming charges and make phone calls cheaper through the One Network Area (ONA).
Calling within the EAC is so expensive that one would spend less per minute when placing a call to India from Kenya than to Tanzania or Burundi.
Burundi was the latest entrant in the ONA, joining Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda and South Sudan.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Somalia, the newest members of the bloc, are yet to join the ONA, which was supposed to be part of the efforts to ease the flow of trade by easing the cost of telecommunication, but data from the Communication Authority of Kenya (CA) show that the objective is far from met.
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