The service was cut on Thursday over a US$20 million debt owed by NetOne, which has failed to pay its fees for the last three years.
But Econet's lawyer Harrison Nkomo said Friday that the group had agreed to reconnect NetOne, pending the outcome of their court case that will be heard on Monday.
Interconnection fees are charged by mobile operators to enable calls to be transmitted from each other's networks. The decision to cut this service meant the calls between the two networks could not go through on Thursday.
Econet announced the termination of the service in a public notice, revealing that NetOne’s debt has been building since 2009. The company said Thursday that it is “obvious that NetOne was not prepared to honour its obligations” even though NetOne has continued collecting the fees due to Econet from subscribers as part of the interconnection deal. – SW Radio Africa News
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