Who would believe that in a country such as Tanzania you’d have 13 million mobile phone users? Well that’s the number that subscribed to Active by May 2009. However, it still only represents about 25% of the country. The report was published by UK-based CMSInfo.

Vodacom leads with 43% market share followed by Zain and Tigo with 27% and16% respectively.

Six companies operate within the mobile phone market but there’s obviously still much room for growth although this will be hampered by the high taxes on airtime, which makes call rates high. These costs are likely to deter consumers and therefore investment by mobile operators.

One area that does help the introduction and growth of mobile phones in such markets as Tanzania is mobile phone recycling. Companies like Fonebank pay consumers cash for their old mobiles and these are either broken down and recycled, or re-used in markets such as Africa.

Where can I sell my mobile phone?

Why not recycle mobile phones for cash at www.fonebank.com. Trade in your old mobile phone now.