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Ramaphosa implicated in a tender for pals scandal
President Cyril Ramaphosa is once again implicated in a tender for pals scandal.While South Africans are fixated on the so-called Government of National Unity (GNU) Cabinet appointment, govern...Published: 24 Jun 2024 at 07:07hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Powertel to invest US$50m towards network expansion
POWERTEL Communications, a subsidiary of Zesa Holdings, has revealed plans to invest in excess of US$50 million towards network expansion and rural datafication, as it increases connectivity across th...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 06:32hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's telcos hit by credit crunch
THE Postal and Telecommunication Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) says a credit crunch and foreign currency challenges affected network expansion in the sector during the first quarter of thi...Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 07:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Demand for mobile Internet soars under Covid-19 lockdown
ZIMBABWE continues to record increases in the usage of internet services spurred by the Covid-19 lockdown measures, which have created higher demand for digital services. The trend has seen mo...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 10:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tables ambitious 100% broadband plan
ZIMBABWE has tabled an ambitious plan to have 100% high speed broadband coverage in all areas where people live, work, travel and learn.This plan is contained in a consultative paper, the Zimb...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe mobile phone penetration rate down 6.4%
Zimbabwe's mobile penetration rate was down 6.4% in the second quarter to 87.8% from 94.0% recorded in the first quarter according to statistics released by the Postal and Telecommunications Regulator...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Liquid Telecoms rapped for lack of back-up systems
Government is investigating Liquid Telecom for not having adequate back-up systems, resulting in an Internet glitch last week, which led to the disruption of social media applications. Information Com...Published: 12 Dec 2017 at 05:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Oceans are public property
Oceans are an important natural resource whose actions on the livelihood of every citizen of the earth can not be ignored. In the same vein, activities of villagers far away from a river's banks affec...Published: 12 Jun 2017 at 16:36hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Downtown shops must pay tax
The trend in town is that unless one wants to buy from a supermarket, he has to be armed with a credit card only east of Julius Nyerere Way. Tradition has it that downtown shops trade only in hard cas...Published: 13 Feb 2017 at 14:02hrs | 10 | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Does Zimbabwe need a single international gateway?
IT depends on who you ask. Different stakeholders will give you a different answer for different reasons. The concept of multiple international gateways is not unique to Zimbabwe in a region which has...Published: 14 Dec 2016 at 13:47hrs | | by Robert Ndlovu
Social media: To regulate or not to regulate?
The increased adoption of social media platforms as a means of real time communication can be, to a greater extent, be directly linked to the exponential adoption of mobile smart phones and improved b...Published: 13 Jul 2016 at 06:38hrs | | by Robert Ndlovu
Econet wants to buy South Africa's Neotel
JOHANNESBURG - Econet Wireless Global and subsea cable operator Seacom are courting Neotel with the view to a potential acquisition, it was reported on Tuesday. The news comes after Vodacom was forced...Published: 11 May 2016 at 06:44hrs | | by moneyweb
Zimbabwe, China city sign investment deal
ZIMBABWE has signed a major trade pact with the World Bank-rated Golden City for Investment Environment in China which seeks to promote investment inflows, trade exchanges and develop economic co-oper...Published: 07 Jan 2016 at 05:08hrs | | by Conrad Mwanawashe
Zim government, Econet cross swords
GOVERNMENT and Econet Wireless Zimbabwe have crossed swords over the former's stated intention to coax investors in the mobile telecommunications sector to share infrastructure, raising a protracted s...Published: 29 Mar 2015 at 09:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Big dreams for Rwanda's ICT sector - Success story is grabbing global attention
"The Internet is a needed public utility as much as water and electricity," declared President Paul Kagame at the Transform Africa summit, held in Kigali, Rwanda's capital city, last October to di...Published: 01 Jul 2014 at 20:32hrs | 11 | by Nirit Ben-Ari
Angry relatives of passengers on missing Malaysian plane clash with police
Dozens of angry relatives of passengers on a lost Malaysian jetliner clashed with police in Beijing on Tuesday, accusing the Southeast Asian country of "delays and deception" a day after it confirmed ...Published: 25 Mar 2014 at 16:39hrs | | by Reuters
Powertel billing system to be ready by July
INTERNET provider PowerTel says it will start billing customers for the actual data accessed in July when the new billing system that was acquired last month has undergone the necessary tests to make ...Published: 15 Apr 2013 at 04:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
PowerTel is set to introduce a new billing system
INTERNET provider PowerTel is set to introduce a new billing system after acquiring new state-of-the art billing equipment, an official said over the weekend.PowerTel chairman Mr Francis Chiri...Published: 31 Mar 2013 at 19:58hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Government owned Internet provider to invest $30m in network expansion
Government owned internet provider, Powertel, has announced plans to invest close to US$30 million in network expansion this year as the firm moves towards consumer internet service provision....Published: 30 Mar 2013 at 14:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Seacom undersea cable outage could last till April
International internet connectivity between Africa and Europe has been affected by damage to Seacom undersea cable infrastructure.The company has issued several statements since Friday last we...Published: 27 Mar 2013 at 15:05hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Zim's internet woes continue as undersea fibre outage enters 4th day
Zimbabwean internet providers relying on the onward fibre connectivity of SEACOM and EASSy, two of Africa's major undersea cables, are facing major problems delivering internet services to customers a...Published: 25 Mar 2013 at 13:10hrs | | by L.S.M Kabweza
Econet's Liquid Telecoms becomes Africa's largest fibre optic network operator
Liquid Telecom has become Africa's largest operator of terrestrial cross-border fibre optic networks after acquiring all the East Africa businesses of South African technology giant Altech.In...Published: 29 Jan 2013 at 05:30hrs | | by Business reporter
Philippines tsunami alert lifted
Guiuan - Tens of thousands of people on a central Philippine island returned home on Saturday after a tsunami alert was lifted following a 7.6 magnitude undersea quake, as local authorities began...Published: 01 Sep 2012 at 04:27hrs | 1 | by Reuters
TelOne to roll out fibre optic from Bulawayo to Beitbridge
FIXED telecommunications service provider, TelOne, says plans are at an advanced stage to roll out fibre optic links from Bulawayo to Beitbridge and Bulawayo to Victoria Falls.The company has ...Published: 05 Aug 2012 at 13:43hrs | 1 | by Business reporter
TelOne fibre optic project complete
BULAWAYO - TelOne says it has successfully completed the Harare to Bulawayo optic fibre project, a development that is set to improve service delivery. "We have jus...Published: 06 May 2012 at 18:25hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe has faster internet speed - survey
Zimbabwe is among the top countries on the continent with the fastest growing Information and Communication Technology sectors, a recent survey has revealed.According to Ookla, a global leade...Published: 20 Mar 2012 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's internet still slow after cable damage
Internet users in Zimbabwe, including Internet Service Providers (ISP's) served by TelOne, are still getting slow and intermittent internet service, three weeks after two separate shipping accidents s...Published: 06 Mar 2012 at 20:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe moving its ICT to the next level - Chamisa
Zimbabwe's minister of Information, Communication and Technologies Nelson Chamisa said Zimbabwe is pushing forward with plans to move its information and communication technology (ICT) sector to "the...Published: 02 Mar 2012 at 17:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nine Countries Including Zimbabwe Suffer Data Outages After Ships Sever Undersea Cables
NAIROBI - Undersea data cables linking East Africa to the Middle East and Europe were severed in two separate shipping accidents this month, causing telecommunications outages in at least nine countr...Published: 27 Feb 2012 at 23:35hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Zimbabwe government blocks Econet
The government has blocked a bid by Econet Wireless to install a fibre optic cable linking Zimbabwe to high-speed undersea cables in Mozambique.Transport and Communications minister Nicholas ...Published: 17 Feb 2012 at 17:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Linking of South Africa - Zimbabwe undersea cable delayed
Logistical problems have delayed work on the fibre-optic cable linking Harare and Beitbridge through Bulawayo to the undersea cable in South Africa, the Herald reported.It was supposed to be c...Published: 12 Jan 2012 at 11:46hrs | | by Sapa
Econet's Liquid Fibre Optic Network goes live in Zambia
The landlocked country of Zambia has been connected to the Seacom and Sat3 undersea cables, with a dedicated terrestrial cable that has been built from Durban in South Africa and running through Zimb...Published: 14 Nov 2011 at 08:27hrs | | by Nare Msupatsila
TelOne Press Statement
TelOne like most utilities has not been spared the scourge of copper thefts and infrastructure vandalism which resulted in most areas losing telecommunication services. Load shedding...Published: 27 Aug 2011 at 09:47hrs | 1 | by Moyo Roy
Zimbabwe to get new high speed internet link
SEACOM, the company running a high-speed Internet cable along Africa's east coast has reached a deal with Mozambique to provide a new link to landlocked Zimbabwe.Under the agreement, Telecomu...Published: 22 Jun 2011 at 11:26hrs | | by Sapa-ap
Get Ready: Zimbabwe will be a competitive BPO hub
In an increasingly globalised world, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) has taken developing countries by storm. By consistently underpricing developed markets, thousands of jobs and opportunities are...Published: 10 Jun 2011 at 06:52hrs | | by Clinton Mutambo
Seacom extends broadband reach to Zimbabwe
Undersea cable group Seacom said on Wednesday that its broadband services had been extended to Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Swaziland and Zimbabwe.It said the expansion ...Published: 16 Mar 2011 at 06:45hrs | | by Byo24News
Zimbabwe connects to undersea broadband network
Two Zimbabwean telecommunications companies have linked up to the SEACOM and EASSy undersea fibre-optic cables. This development is set to bring high speed broadband internet connectivity to the...Published: 17 Feb 2011 at 12:45hrs | | by Byo24News
Crackdown on Zimbabwe mobile phone operators looms
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority could soon crack down on mobile phone operators following numerous complaints from the public about the quality of services, vis-Ã -vis costs...Published: 31 Jan 2011 at 01:48hrs | | by Byo24NEWS
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