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Police officer arrested for stealing two mobile phones

A police officer stationed at the Gweru Police Protection Unit (PPU), Thulani Sibanda (24), has been arrested for stealing two mobile phones on two separate occasions last week in Victoria Falls.Sibanda appeared before Victoria Falls resid…

Published: 20 May 2025 at 09:53hrs | 112 | by Staff reporter

Mukuru launches mobile wallet in Zimbabwe to bolster financial inclusion

Next-generation financial services platform Mukuru has introduced a mobile wallet in Zimbabwe following the issuance of a deposit-taking microfinance institution licence by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe.Building on Mukuru's established trus…

Published: 14 Jan 2025 at 14:12hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe mobile phone subscriptions near 15 million

Mobile phone subscriptions in Zimbabwe are rapidly approaching the 15 million mark, with a notable increase in data and internet subscriptions recorded during the second quarter of this year, according to Information, Publicity and Broadca…

Published: 25 Sep 2024 at 09:33hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe mobile penetration rate now over 97%

In its sector performance report made available yesterday, POTRAZ director general, Dr Gift Machengete said active mobile subscriptions during the third quarter covering July, August and September reached 14 794 579 from the 13 955 937 rec…

Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 07:25hrs | 31 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe mobile operators' revenues up by 95%

THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) recorded a 95,3% growth in mobile operator revenue to $850,8 billion in the third quarter owing to inflationary gains.In its third quarter report released last wee…

Published: 24 Dec 2023 at 16:10hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's mobile network operators now frequently adjusting tariffs

ZIMBABWE'S mobile network operators have reviewed their tariffs in local Zimdollar currency as the sector battles to offset rising costs and maintain operations in the face of inflationary pressures triggered by the devaluation of the loca…

Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 18:22hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

National mobile registration exercise extended

The Civil Registry Department will from next Monday send 129 national mobile registration units out again to process and facilitate the issuance of national documents required for voter registration.The exercise will be conducted countrywi…

Published: 27 Apr 2023 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Potraz licences new mobile operator

POSTAL and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has granted a licence to a mobile virtual network operator, Dolphin Telecoms.This will make Dolphin Telecoms the fourth mobile service operator in the country after Ec…

Published: 02 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mobile tariff hike dents network traffic

A SHARP rise in mobile phone tariffs during the final three months of 2021 resulted in a decline in voice and data traffic, as the country battled soaring inflation triggered by the weakening of the domestic currency, a report by the telec…

Published: 16 Apr 2022 at 08:32hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Mobile subscribers rise 3,4% to 14 million

Zimbabwe's active mobile phone subscribers rose by 3,4 percent to 13,9 million during the quarter to September 31, 2021, latest figures from the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (POTRAZ) show.Resultantly, the regulator sa…

Published: 29 Dec 2021 at 05:22hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Crack team set up for mobile money crime

A crack team of 15 experienced prosecutors has been set up to work with seasoned investigators to come up with watertight dockets and so effectively prosecute economic saboteurs abusing mobile money platforms to weaken the local currency.B…

Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:47hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Mobile Covid-19 vaccination programme for rural areas

COMMUNITIES in the rural areas have pleaded with authorities to ensure that vaccines are made available at most vaccination centres for easy access.This comes at a time when the ongoing national vaccination programme has been embraced in r…

Published: 01 Aug 2021 at 06:41hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Mobile money platforms propel digital economy higher

Zimbabwe has been ranked high in the digital economy given its widespread use of mobile money platforms, online banking and international activity, according to a World Bank commissioned Digital Economy for Africa Diagnostic Report.This wa…

Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mobile network operators to set up more tower sites

THE Postal and Telecommunication Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has said mobile network operators are engaging local authorities to acquire land in order to set up 13 telecommunication tower sites around the country, as well as …

Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:16hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Govt to plug cheating by mobile operators

TO combat telecommunications fraud and payment evasion, regulator Portraz has now been ordered to install a system that will record the two numbers in any telecommunications call that has at least one Zimbabwean node.  The Postal and …

Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mobile money transactions drop 23%

The total number of mobile money transactions processed in 2020 went down by 23 percent to record $1,5 billion from $1,96 billion recorded in 2019 as active mobile money subscriptions also took a dip.   Postal and Telecommunicati…

Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 06:58hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Govt probes $25bn mobile money scam

Prosecutions on a wide range of financial crimes are likely as investigations continue inside and outside Zimbabwe into the huge pool of unregulated liquidity estimated at $25 billion created within the mobile money system, and which was d…

Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

How mobile casinos are gaining popularity in developing nations

The online casino industry has seen a huge change over the past decade and that has come because of the creation, and the popularity, of mobile casinos. These have allowed the online casino industry to move around the world faster than at …

Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 17:08hrs | 3 | by Staff writer

Telecoms sector reviews tariffs to hedge inflationary pressures

THE country's telecommunication companies have reviewed voice, data and SMS tariffs to keep up with rising production costs. The latest adjustment, which was approved by the industry's regulator, comes after prices of various basic commodi…

Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:29hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabweans use cellphone transfers in desperate attempt to get cash

After protests brought Zimbabwe's capital to a standstill earlier this month, Harare has returned to its normal bustle and Tedius Marara is back to his daily business: selling cash at a busy market.With inflation soaring and cash in short …

Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 08:10hrs | 1 | by AP

Mobile base stations to resume normal service as load-shedding eases

Network challenges will soon end following an improvement in electricity availability that will ensure uninterrupted power supply at base stations, a Cabinet minister has said. Information Communication Technology and Courier Services Mini…

Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe to licence new mobile virtual network operators

Zimbabwe will soon licence new entrants into the mobile telecommunications sector under the mobile virtual network operators' framework, with authorities agreeing on the need to put in place legal frameworks on the use of the internet, Zim…

Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 09:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Learn to love what you are doing

In this mobile age so many people believe that if they wait long enough something that sparks their interest for more than a few minutes will simply come along making their lives all that more interesting. This leads to time wasted when th…

Published: 13 May 2019 at 17:31hrs | 24 | by Staff Writer

Zimbabwe has the most expensive mobile data in the world

A study into the amount people pay for mobile data has found that Zimbabwe is the most expensive country in which to buy mobile data, Zim Techreview reports.The research, from price comparison site Cable.co.uk, found that one gigabyte (GB)…

Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 08:45hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's mobile data costliest in Africa - Report

The latest report by the Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) says Zimbabwe has highest mobile data costs in the region at $25 per gigabyte.The fifth edition of the annual report examines internet access trends and policies in 61 low an…

Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 05:51hrs | 6 | by The Source

Mobile phone network operators slash data tariffs

MOBILE Network Operators (MNOs) have slashed mobile data tariffs from 12,5 cents to five cents per megabyte in compliance with a Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe directive.Last month, Government through the Po…

Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 07:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mobile trading of stocks begins next month

The mobile trading of securities will begin on July 4, a move which will result in convenience in the buying and selling of shares listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange.This is being spearheaded by capital markets regulator, Securities Exc…

Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 07:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa launches mobile app

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has launched a mobile app to bolster his campaign for Zimbabwe's top job.Mnangagwa is calling his ruling Zanu-PF party to appeal "humbly" for votes as it campaign for elections expected on July 31.The app is de…

Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 16:33hrs | 2 | by Ndou Paul

South Africa bans mobile phones at border

South Africa has with effect from Wednesday last week, banned the use of cellphones by travellers within the immigration halls. Sources at the border said the ban was a reaction to the leaking of a video of one of the female immigration of…

Published: 02 Apr 2018 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

NetOne grows mobile data market share

Zimbabwe's second largest mobile operator by subscribers NetOne grew its data market share by 6,5 percent in the last quarter of 2017, the latest Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Potraz) report shows.According to the rep…

Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 05:47hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

'No need to merge NetOne, Telecel'

THERE is no need to merge NetOne and Telecel Zimbabwe as they have turned the corner, and are now performing well.Government holds 100 percent shareholding in NetOne and 60 percent in Telecel.The remaining 40 percent in Telecel - which was…

Published: 26 Feb 2018 at 05:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's mobile money services 'bigger than M-PESA'

ZIMBABWE'S mobile money platforms are forecasted to surpass the impact of the globally-renowned M-PESA launched in East Africa a decade ago. The lofty projections by Supa Mandiwanzira, the Southern African country's Minister for Informatio…

Published: 15 Nov 2017 at 05:17hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Potraz won't tolerate predatory pricing

THE Postal and Telecommunications Authority of Zimbabwe says it will not tolerate mobile network company promotions that exhibit tendencies of predatory pricing."Predatory pricing", the telecommunications regulator said, refers to the act …

Published: 12 Apr 2017 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mugabe's health levy to hit mobile subscribers

The decision by President Robert Mugabe's stone-broke government to implement a five percent health levy on airtime and mobile data will hit hard long-suffering ordinary Zimbabweans who are reeling from multiple effects of a dying economy,…

Published: 11 Apr 2017 at 11:52hrs | | by Staff reporter

'Mobile phone companies fleecing country of forex'

THE Government has said some telecommunication operators are fleecing the country of significant amounts of foreign currency through international calls under-declarations.The Minister of Information Communication Technology, Postal and Co…

Published: 29 Nov 2016 at 08:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mobile Birth Registration

Recently I was charged $50 to get my son's birth certificate in Zimbabwe, my question is why should the government charge me $50 to register a child. By the was teachers are paid $400 per month and to put it in context, $50 is 12.5% of a t…

Published: 05 Oct 2016 at 10:54hrs | 4 | by Citizen

Econet surpasses 1 million mobile money subscribers

Econet Wireless announced weekend that it has surpassed the 1 million mark in 'connected' users for its EcoCash mobile money service. The milestone, the company says in the announcement (a thank you to its subscribers), "has been achieved …

Published: 12 Mar 2012 at 19:57hrs | | by L S M Kabweza

Africa is the fastest growing mobile phone market

JOHANNESBURG. - Africa is the world's fastest-growing mobile phone market and the poorest continent will be home to 738 million handsets, or nearly three mobiles for every four of its people, by the end of next year, according to an indust…

Published: 10 Nov 2011 at 04:59hrs | | by Reuters

Tel-One courts foreign partners for Mobile Phone Project

Tel One, the state run fixed telecommunications operator has engaged foreign investors to raise $100 million required to operationalise the license it holds to offer mobile phone services, an official said Sunday.The company was granted a …

Published: 05 Sep 2011 at 12:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Telecel moves towards using more local suppliers

Last week, Aimable Mpore, Telecel ZimbabweâˆšÂ¢â€šÃ‡Â¨â€šÃ‘Â¢s Managing Director, presented evidence before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Media, Information and Communication Technology. Mr Mpore highlighted changes in employee …

Published: 28 Feb 2011 at 09:29hrs | 1 | by Angela Meadon

Mobile VoIP Users will go to Nearly 139 Million by 2014

Now, nearly five years since mobile VoIP services were first introduced, it is on the cusp of moving beyond just an inexpensive alternative for making international calls to becoming an integrated component of unified social networking ser…

Published: 01 Feb 2011 at 13:42hrs | | by Byo24NEWS

Facebook launches a new mobile site!

Much of Facebook's projected growth over the next few years is in regions of the world where an iPhone or Android device is a novelty rather than a staple. Consequently, the company has been making some strategic moves: On Wednesday, Faceb…

Published: 20 Jan 2011 at 04:01hrs | 1 | by Byo24NEWS

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