Mobile handset sales soar by 200%

Today the GSMA issued preliminary findings from research undertaken into taxation. Initially focused on Africa, the research shows that mobile handset sales have soared by 200 per cent in Kenya following the government’s 2009 decision to slash the 16 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) levied on handset sales.  The research was undertaken by Deloitte for the GSMA as part of a larger global benchmarking study, the full data of which will be published later this year. read on: http://www.itnewsafrica.com/2011/09/kenya-mobile-handset-sales-soar-by-200/