Netone launches a better airtime facility
Due to Covid-19 pandemic, the mobile service provider Netone has moved a step further in making airtime available to its customers through the launch of *519#. Speaking at the launch … Read More
Category: Telecoms
Liquid Telecom and Zayo partner to Expand Global Network Coverage
Pan-African telecoms group, Liquid Telecom, has announced a partnership with Zayo Group Holdings, Inc., a global leader of Communications Infrastructure. The partnership will see Liquid Telecom and Zayo leveraging existing … Read More
Econet partners Google to roll out high-speed broadband technology
GOOGLE’S parent company, Alphabet, has partnered with the Econet Group to launch a new high-speed broadband technology, which uses laser beams instead of fibre optic cables. In a media update, … Read More
Power Cuts Hamper Econet’s Network Connectivity
ZIMBABWE’s largest mobile network provider, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe (EWZ) has blamed erratic power supplies as the cause the service provider is failing to provide better connectivity to its customers. Presenting … Read More
Econet registers $6,8bn revenue growth
ZIMBABWE’S largest mobile network operator, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe registered a $6,8 billion growth in revenue, but slid into a $1,3 billion loss for the year to February 29, 2020, from … Read More
US$40m boost for Liquid Telecom
A UNITED Kingdom-based development finance institution, CDC Group, has committed an additional US$40 million to Liquid Telecom for supporting Africa’s digital transformation project being implemented by the company. Liquid Telecom … Read More
‘Travel Pass’ to accelerate AfCFTA implementation
TELECOMMUNICATIONS giant, Econet, has called on African governments to embrace the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)’s Trusted Travel Platform to protect local economies and lives as … Read More
Regulator throws telcos lifeline
Rising operational costs weighed down Zimbabwe’s mobile telecommunications companies, with the foreign currency requirements generally recording the biggest jump in expenses – prompting the regulator to grant them the green-light … Read More
Huawei targets local partnerships
The world’s largest manufacturer of telecommunications equipment, Huawei, has expressed commitment to work with the Government to improve the technology industry. Focus will particularly be on development of local ICT … Read More
Lockdown leads to data boom
On the face of it, the Covid-19 lockdown was an inadvertent blessing for Zimbabwe telecom operators. With people stuck at home for months’ telecoms must have gained from those working … Read More
