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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

Legalizing looting shows Zimbabwe is led by dunderheads!

From the time I was a little boy, there was something that always puzzled me.I could never understand how, those who were in top government positions - with all the opportunities availed to them through global networking - never became suc…

Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 07:55hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Telecel set for corporate rescue

Telecel Zimbabwe, the smallest of the three mobile phone operators in the country, is set to be placed under corporate rescue, a form of bankruptcy protection, due to serious financial distress.In a High Court application filed yesterday b…

Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter

Halloo Econet, Telecel and NetOne

The Gokwe Mapfungautsi Constituency is facing poor Network connectivity challenges.  The Constituency is along Chinyudze-Masoro-Ganyungu road under the Mapfungautsi Plateau. The network which available is that of econet but it is very…

Published: 04 May 2021 at 07:05hrs | 4 | by Etiwel Mutero

Telecel seeks fresh capital for expansion

Telecel Zimbabwe, the country's smallest mobile telecoms firm, intends to raise fresh capital as it looks to finance expansion of its network, chairman Selby Hwacha said. For many years, shareholding squabbles have stifled growth and cause…

Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 06:03hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Mugabe blocked son-in-law, daughter and nephew over attempts to take over Telecel

WHILE the late former president Robert Mugabe's regime was corrupt and incompetent it allowed ministers, top civil servants and its business cronies to loot public resources Mugabe himself was very strict with family members and relatives …

Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Makamba trying to push Mlotshwa out of Telecel Zimbabwe

A NASTY fight has erupted in Telecel Zimbabwe as it emerged that one of the shareholders and Empowerment Corporation (EC) chairman, James Makamba, is allegedly trying to push out prominent lawyer Gerald Mlotshwa as a director of the mobile…

Published: 23 May 2018 at 07:52hrs | 3 | by Staff rpeorter

Kariba benefits on Telone Provide-A-Bin programme

Telone has finally headed for the Ultimate tourist destination Kariba to officially handover bins to the Municipality. Saturday the 22nd of July will see a cleanup campaign from Kariba Telone Exchange to designated points of picking of lit…

Published: 20 Jul 2017 at 16:36hrs | 2 | by MuHwisiry Chaiyeiye - Patsaka Correspondent

Zimbabwean mobile number portability faces glitches

Zimbabwean operators are slow in adopting mobile number portability (MNP) as they are not opening up their numbering systems to subscribers intending to switch to other networks, according to ITWeb. It said telecom industry officials and e…

Published: 21 Jul 2015 at 12:38hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter

Lessons from the Telecel Zimbabwe saga - corporate xenophobia

THE liberalisation of Zimbabwe's telecommunications industry, especially the introduction of mobile phone networks, came at a time of heightened racial as well as anti-foreign hostilities pushed principally by non-state actors inspired by …

Published: 13 May 2015 at 11:10hrs | | by Mutumwa Mawere

Telecel closure: Zanu-PF double standards exposed

Telecel Zimbabwe (Telecel) licence cancellation by the country's telecommunication regulator smacks of hypocrisy and Zanu-PF-led government's double standards when dealing with perceived political enemies, critics say.Those in the know cla…

Published: 12 May 2015 at 14:14hrs | 2 | by John Kachembere

Telecel licence subject of discussion at Russia's highest governmental level

ZIMBABWE-VIMPELCOM-LICENSE-TALKS08.05.2015 18:39:42 MSKThe problem with the license for Vimpelcom in Zimbabwe could become the subject of discussion at the highest governmental level â€“ (source Interfax) Moscow. May 8. Interfax-TELECOM - …

Published: 12 May 2015 at 09:44hrs | 1 | by Interfax

The Telecel saga - The problem of primitive accumulation in Zimbabwe

Two stories in the last few days encapsulate the problem with the Zimbabwe Government's mismanagement of the economy and why, with this style of economic governance, the country cannot hope to get out of the current lurch or to progress as…

Published: 05 May 2015 at 16:57hrs | 1 | by Alex T. Magaisa

Burning Telecel to get Mujuru

THE Telecel Zimbabwe (TZ) case study is pregnant with lessons that, at the very least, require critical analysis in order to appreciate the inherent contradictions in the ideology and practice of the post-colonial experience.Telecel Zimbab…

Published: 03 May 2015 at 13:26hrs | 4 | by Mutumwa Mawere

Econet & Telecel: A tale of two telecoms companies

Twenty years ago, in the mid-1990s, a young telecoms engineer came across an idea for the future and brought it to Zimbabwe.He wanted to operate a mobile telephone service business. It was unheard of in our parts, indeed, in many parts of …

Published: 01 May 2015 at 09:37hrs | | by Alex Magaisa

Telecel teeters on brink of insolvency

Zimbabwe's beleaguered mobile network operator Telecel Zimbabwe's finances are in a sorry state amid indications the company is bankrupt. The company reportedly has management inefficiencies, high director fees and is riddled with hefty ma…

Published: 20 Mar 2015 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Is Telecel holder of a valid license?

I have recently received numerous enquiries pertaining to Telecel License status. The best people to answer whether Telecel Zimbabwe has or had a license is the national regulator POTRAZ who are mandated by an ACT of Parliament to ensure t…

Published: 19 Mar 2015 at 18:32hrs | | by Robert Ndlovu

Telecel International executives jet in

Telecel International (TI) executives are in Zimbabwe to discuss the fate of its local unit following government threats to shut down the mobile operator.This also comes as two of Empowerment Corporation (Private) Limited (EC)'s main share…

Published: 15 Mar 2015 at 09:36hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Telecel saga proves that Zimbabwe is now a failed state

Through decades of lawlessness and in certain cases, brazen disregard of the country's Constitution, Zanu PF has managed to run down the country leading to the tragic situation whereby Zimbabwe can now qualify to be called a failed state. …

Published: 25 Feb 2015 at 13:10hrs | | by Obert Gutu

Telecel Billboard in Plumtree has wrong Ndebele language

Dear EditorWe at Christian Changemakers are calling for Telecel Zimbabwe to remove and correct their Billboard erected at Plumtree Town.The Billboard has wrong Ndebele spellings and we feel this is a glaring violation of our constitutional…

Published: 15 Dec 2014 at 08:16hrs | 863 | by Christian Changemakers

Telecel launches telecash mobile App

The country's second largest mobile network by subscribers, Telecel, has announced the launch of a telecash Android application which is already available on Google's Play Store, the application makes it easier and faster for telecash user…

Published: 25 Sep 2014 at 21:14hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter

Telecel broadband users frustrated by inefficient service

Zimbabwe's second largest Marketing Excellency award winning wireless mobile network operator, Telecel has its internet subscribers discontented at the slow speed to accessing the internet. Telecel Broadband users are worrisome at this con…

Published: 08 Apr 2014 at 13:16hrs | | by Maxwell Teedzai

Number of Telecash agents, merchants increases from 1 600 to 2 600

The number of Telecash agents and merchants countrywide has increased by a thousand, from 1 600 to 2 600, since the mobile money transfer service was launched by Telecel at the end of January.Telecash has also signed agreements with two in…

Published: 19 Mar 2014 at 13:28hrs | | by MHPR

'2013 most defining year for Telecel,' says Dr James Makamba

Greetings to you all!Once again, it is that time of the year when we stop and reflect on the events of the year. Needless to say, it has been a year full of milestone activities for our company. I would dare say it is probably the most def…

Published: 18 Nov 2013 at 17:35hrs | | by Dr James Makamba

Telecel shakes the market with a number of intriguing promotions

Since the beginning of the year Telecel has shaken the market with a number of intriguing promotions that have attracted a lot of attention.While other cellphone service providers have also run their own promotions, Telecel's promotions ha…

Published: 18 Jul 2013 at 05:00hrs | 2 | by Tonderai Rutsito TechSpot

Telecel Zimbabwe followings Vodacom, rebrands

Telephony company Telecel Zimbabwe is rebranding. Rumours are that it will be changing the colours and the logo, but the name will stay the same. We've managed to source images from the Harare City branch which was is the first to rebrand,…

Published: 24 Jan 2012 at 06:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

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