{"id":394,"date":"2017-04-07T08:42:08","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T08:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.potraz.gov.zw\/?page_id=394"},"modified":"2022-01-14T14:25:48","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T12:25:48","slug":"overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.potraz.gov.zw\/?page_id=394","title":{"rendered":"Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>POTRAZ is responsible for ensuring that all people in Zimbabwe are adequately provided with postal and telecommunication services. These services must be provided uniformly. All operators contribute to the Universal Service Fund that is used to finance provisions of services in remote and under serviced areas.<\/p>\n<p>The Universal Service Fund was established by an Act of Parliament [Postal and Telecommunications Act (Chap.12:05)] of 2000 and the fund was vested in the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) as a trustee. 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