TelOne rolls out Metro Wifi, service not available in Bulawayo

STATE-owned Telecommunications company, TelOne has rebranded and introduced Metro Wifi Service and Fibre to the Home (FTTH) services.

The new product will see the price of 100 megabits per second (Mbps) of data tumbling by 90%.

FTTH, also called fibre to the home, is the installation and use of optic fibre from a central point directly to individual buildings such as residences, apartment buildings and businesses to provide unprecedented high-speed internet access.

Metro Wifi service is a public service that is currently available at several sites in Harare and will be rolled-out to 60 more sites in future, including Bulawayo.

Metro Wifi had been installed at Mupedzanhamo market, TelOne Centre for Learning, Julius Nyerere Way, Runhare House, Cleveland House, Roadport, Montague Heights [TelOne shop], Harare Show Grounds, TelOne shop [Joina City] and TelOne shop in Borrowdale, among others.

TelOne has deployed fibre in several suburbs around Harare. These included Mt Pleasant Heights, Madokero, Westgate, Zimre Park and Ruwa, with these areas alone having the capacity to connect over 15 000 homes.

The FTTH project had been extended to areas that include Norton, Ngezi and Zvishavane, while many more areas like Bulawayo are said to be in the pipeline.