Celtel Malawi to launch GPRS

Celtel Malawi has announced that its GPRS mobile packet data service is now ready for a commercial launch following a successful two month, 1,000 user test phase. Marketing director Charles Maye said, ‘As promised, we are today pleased to usher in a new era of making the lives of our customers better by further enriching their communications experience beyond voice and text messages.’ He added that customers would only be charged for what they use as opposed to the time they are connected, in contrast to Malawi’s internet cafes which charge on a ‘per minute’ rate, irrespective of the speeds they are able to get.