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Zimbabwe's mobile data charges second highest in Africa - report
Zimbabwe has the second most expensive mobile data in sub-Saharan Africa after Equatorial Guinea at $25 for one gigabyte, a technology report released last week has shown.Despite the spread of...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:41hrs | 755 | by Staff reporter
Potraz in countrywide customer awareness campaign
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has continued fulfilling its mandate of ensuring that users of telecoms services know their rights through their countrywide...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:11hrs | 46 | by Staff reporter
Villagers could soon use mobile phones to track cattle
Villagers from Murewa and Uzumba burst into laughter as a Cabinet minister told them that government anticipated the use of latest digital technology in herding cattle and doing some household chores ...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 06:56hrs | 665 | by Staff reporter
Zimra adopts conciliatory approach
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) says it has dumped its combative tax administration tactic in favour of a conciliatory approach whereby tax payers willingly comply with the dictates of the coun...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 06:45hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe calls for caution in mandatory postal tracking implementation
ZIMBABWE has called on the international community of postal regulatory authorities to be cautious before implementing a planned blanket mandatory tracking system on parcels, arguing it could hit oper...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:53hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
Open Letter to Prosecutor-General
Dear Acting Prosecutor-GeneralMy heartfelt congratulations on your recent appointment, Mr Kumbirai Hodzi, as the Acting Prosecutor-General. Hopefully in the long run the appointment will be tu...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:02hrs | 84 | by Garikai Mazara
'Airtime tax hurting consumers'
POSTAL and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) director general, Dr Gift Machengete, has called for increased collaboration between policymakers and operators towards further ...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 07:09hrs | 302 | by Staff reporter
Maitengwe finally gets mobile connectivity
THE era of reliance on mobile connectivity from neighbouring Botswana is over for Maitengwe community in Bulilima West constituency following yesterday's official commissioning of a shared base statio...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 06:54hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
Seizing opportunities in Zimbabwe's new era
As Zimbabwe courts investors and ramps up efforts to create a business-friendly environment, connectivity and communication will be key to forging a path towards the country's digital future, says Nev...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 13:31hrs | 1508 | by Never Ncube
Chiwenga embraces Chamisa's 'spaghetti roads'
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga yesterday unwittingly embraced MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa's "spaghetti roads" idea saying they were the only viable solution to the country'...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 14:50hrs | 895 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa urges Zimbabwe to reject MDC Alliance
President Mnangagwa yesterday called on Zimbabweans to reject ploys by MDC Alliance to foment instability and chaos ahead of the harmonised elections, saying focus should be on modernising, industrial...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 07:20hrs | 3891 | by Srtaff Reporter
Zanu-PF taken to court
THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) says it is in working on a High Court Chamber application challenging the sending of mobile phone text messages to individuals by political parties canvass...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 17:11hrs | 587 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's office speaks on sophisticated SMS campaign
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's office has said the text-messaging campaign that debuted this week was part of the ruling Zanu-PF's sophisticated online campaign that had absolutely nothing to do with ...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 17:21hrs | 6033 | by Staff reporter
Nuisance campaign messages
RECENTLY, we discussed privacy and data protection within the context of the voters' roll and certain events of the past week appear to have confirmed some peoples' worst fears. Zanu-PF sent election ...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 11:48hrs | 194 | by Miriam Tose Majome
'Hackers downloaded voters' personal data'
The Information Communication Technology (ICT) and Cyber Security ministry has said personalised, unsolicited campaign messages sent to potential voters' mobile phones by the ruling party could ...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 14:09hrs | 1732 | by Staff reporter
Zec beefs up voters' roll
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has pulled another shocker by adding new names on its biometric voters' roll (BVR) weeks after releasing what it claimed was the final version.In its la...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 08:47hrs | 829 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa pushing for full-scale SMS-Gate investigation
The rift between the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and the country's opposition parties taking part in the forthcoming polls has widened in the wake of the short-message service (SMS) saga that ...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 14:35hrs | 5054 | by Staff reporter
Econet strengthening industry lead
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz)'s 2018 first quarter (Q1) sector report shows Econet Wireless maintained its customer and revenue market share lead on the b...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 07:15hrs | 295 | by Staff rpeorter
Fresh row over Zimbabwe voters' details
A fresh row has erupted between the MDC Alliance and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) over the release of voters' cellphone numbers - after Zanu-PF allegedly sent text messages to people solici...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 08:18hrs | 1990 | by Staff reporter
Mobile telcos' revenue down 5,8%
Zimbabwe's mobile telcos' revenue for the first quarter of 2018 decreased by 5,8 percent to $244,7 million compared to $259,711 million recorded in the same period last year as consumers continue to o...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 07:12hrs | 50 | by Staff reporter
Where did Zanu-PF get voter cell numbers?
It is ILLEGAL for any mobile network to provide user data to third parties without the users' express authorization. 1. Govt must investigate where Zanu PF got voter...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 17:18hrs | 4136 | by Edmund Kudzayi
Econet cheats clients - Customer complaint
It's very disappointing to grasp the fact that a big organization like Econet is trying by all means to cheat it's clients. When Econet clients want to buy data bundles, they are given a combi...Published: 08 Jul 2018 at 07:06hrs | 1113 | by Isaac
EcoCash glitches: POTRAZ seeks answers
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) has engaged Econet to seek clarification over the breakdown of their mobile transaction platform that plunged business to a ...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 15:55hrs | 2524 | by Staff reporter
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 directiv...Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 07:54hrs | 809 | by Staff reporter
The 'ED effect' is already boosting our economy and saving us money
Since President Emmerson Mnangagwa came into office, he has brought a new way of thinking to the Zimbabwean economy. He has touted free trade principles and opened up the country to unprecedented inve...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 12:51hrs | 2207 | by Mike Tawanda
Govt slashes e-payment charges
Government yesterday slashed unstructured supplementary service data (USSD) charges by more than half to 5 cents per session effective July 1, as it moves to accelerate the use of e-payments.U...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 07:13hrs | 878 | by Staff reporter
Econet unveils Ecocash business wallet
Econet's mobile money service Ecocash, has unveiled the Ecocash Business Wallet to cater for both formal and informal businesses, becoming the first in Africa to have an enterprise transaction service...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 06:52hrs | 683 | by Staff reporter
Banks set to cut transaction costs
The cost of mobile and internet-based financial services is set for a significant drop after Government directed that the charge for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD), the technology plat...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 06:47hrs | 459 | by Staff reporter
Data charges reduced
Postal Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has directed telecommunications companies to slash data charges from US$0.12 cents to US$0.05 cents per megabyte.POTRAZ anno...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 12:24hrs | 2422 | by Byo24News Reporter
Zimbabwe slashes mobile data costs from 12.5c to 5c per MB
Mobile data tariffs in Zimbabwe have fallen from 12.5 cents to 5 cents per MB, with the internet expected to play a key role ahead of harmonised elections slated for July 30 this year.The Post...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 11:10hrs | 6781 | by Staff reporter
Close digital divide, says POTRAZ
THERE is a need to upscale the utility of wireless resources to close the digital divide in Zimbabwe and other African countries, Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ...Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 11:22hrs | 198 | by Staff reporter
New tariffs for mobile sector on the cards
Government will soon announce new tariffs for the mobile telecommunications sector, and plans are underway to begin imposing hefty fines on industry players that offer substandard services such as dro...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 08:34hrs | 1075 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe channels 1% of GDP to research, says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has revealed that the government is channelling 1% of the gross domestic product (GDP) to science development in line with the 2007 call by African Union Heads of State an...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 07:24hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
OneMoney reaches 1million subscribers
THE country's second largest mobile network service provider by subscriber base, NetOne, says up to one million subscribers are now transacting through its OneMoney mobile money platform.Chief...Published: 07 Jun 2018 at 07:07hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe embraces ICTs for sustainable development
Zimbabwe is committed to Africa's quest to enhance the continent's information and communication technology (ICT) systems, as these are necessary to achieve sustainable development in all sectors of t...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 07:16hrs | 68 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pushes for increased spectrum in ICT
Zimbabwe is pushing for additional spectrum to support growth for its broadcast and information communication technology (ICT) industry, permanent secretary in the Ministry of Information Communicatio...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 07:12hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
Potraz rakes in over $120m
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe has collected over $120 million since the introduction of the multi-currency system in 2009 under the Universal Services Fund (USF), ...Published: 04 Jun 2018 at 07:24hrs | 73 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe to host radio conference
Zimbabwe will this month host the World Radio Communication Conference in Victoria Falls.The event, which will run from June 4-7 in the resort town, is an African telecommunications meeting pr...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 15:30hrs | 164 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa will not interfere with Internet connectivity
Government will not interfere with Internet connectivity or sanction illicit monitoring of citizens' private communication over the election period, a Cabinet minister has said.In line with Go...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 15:03hrs | 196 | by Staff reporter
WikiLeaks: 25 most corrupt ministers and public figures in Zimbabwe
These individuals will never be prosecuted by the Mnangagwa government because he is involved with entirely all of them. Either they were in the deal together or they know too much of his own dirty de...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 11:06hrs | 31559 | by WikiLeaks
Ex-CIO boss appears before Temba Mliswa
Former Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs and former CIO Director General Retired Major General Happyton Bonyongwe today appeared before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mine...Published: 14 May 2018 at 11:18hrs | 3837 | by Staff reporter
Supa Mandiwanzira moots lowering tariffs
Minister of Information Communication Technology and Cyber Security, Supa Mandiwanzira, has said government is undertaking research to ascertain the real cost of data in the country following an outcr...Published: 12 May 2018 at 15:34hrs | 3717 | by Staff reporter
Econet and the mystery of disappearing data
REPORTS have emerged of increased disappearing data from Econet Wireless's mobile subscribers on the telecom company's daily and weekly data packages, which the company blames on subscribers' mobile p...Published: 25 Apr 2018 at 07:18hrs | 3426 | by Staff reorter
Econet under fire over business deal
The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Potraz) has received a complaint against Econet Wireless Zimbabwe over allegations of possible unauthorised use of another company's interlectua...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 06:55hrs | 757 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho war vets praise 'hard worker' Jonathan Moyo
THE battle for former Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo's Tsholotsho North seat has intensified with retired army officer, Sibangumuzi Khumalo and former MDC Senator Believe Gaule set to clash i...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 07:19hrs | 1502 | by Staff reporter
Mandiwanzira's 'Supa' corruption exposed
It is amazing how we get animated with factional fights and ignore relationships that are generally corrupt and affect us as a people.The biggest threat to the state and its survival is the co...Published: 19 Apr 2018 at 14:46hrs | 5297 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Telcos, banks profit from cash shortages
When Kenya initiated the mobile money revolution through M-Pesa a decade ago, few gave it a chance of success.But then it did succeed, and phenomenally so.Spurred on by that success, S...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 08:32hrs | 1071 | by Staff reporter
Potraz to introduce telemedicine
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has adopted a telemedicine model that would be rolled out in the country's rural health institutions to improve access to se...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 07:13hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Potraz to construct cell towers in Tsholotsho
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has committed to constructing towers in Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North province, to boost telecommunications connectivity in...Published: 14 Apr 2018 at 07:05hrs | 1229 | by Staff Reporter
Potraz Act to be reviewed
A POSTAL and Telecommunication Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) Draft Amendment Bill is being crafted to give the entity the flexibility to keep up with fast changing technological trends and...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 07:17hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter
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