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Latest Telecoms News from Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean Operator Expands Network to Support Additional 2 Million Subscribers
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe says that it has concluded agreements with ZTE and Ericsson to supply and install equipment valued at over US$170 million for the expansion of its network from the current subscriber capacity of 3 million to just over 5 million....
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Econet Zimbabwe Surprised by Demand for 3G Services
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe reports that it has been overwhelmed by demand for its new data services, and has virtually exhausted all its initial capacity. ...
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Econet Wireless Relaunches Mobile Payphone Service
Zimbabwe's Econet Wireless says that it is to relaunch its mobile payphone service. Until hyper inflation destroyed the economy, Econet had a vibrant payphone service which was supported by thousands of self-employed operators. ...
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Econet Launches 3G Network in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean operator, Econet Wireless has formally launched its 3G network. The 3G service is initially be available in Harare, and is being extended to all the country's major cities by the end of the year....
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Zimbabwean Operator May Seek Stock Market Floatation
Zimbabwe's second largest mobile network operator, Net*One is reported to be looking at listing on the local stock exchange, if the the government approves a financing model. ...
Zimbabwe's Telecel Says Not Selling Stake to MTN
Zimbabwean mobile network operator, Telecel says that it is not planning to sell a stake to South Africa's MTN. There had been recent rumours that MTN was looking at buying a stake in a Zimbabwe company, and that Telecel was the lead candidate....
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Zimbabwe's Econet Wireless to Launch 3G Services Next Month
Speaking at a press conference, the company's chief executive officer Mr Douglas Mboweni said the mobile network company was ready to rollout a package of data services based on 3G, GPRS and EDGE technologies....
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Zimbabwean Operator Starts Network Expansion
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe says that it has started receiving shipment of equipment worth US$200 million from Sweden and China which, when installed, will avert the shortages of lines....
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Econet Wireless to Double Network Capacity
Zimbabwe's Econet Wireless has secured the funding to expand its capacity from 2.5 million to 5 million by the end of next year, CEO Douglas Mboweni has said....
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Zimbabwe Network Seeks to Expand Coverage
Zimbabwe's smallest mobile network operator, Telecel says that it is planning for a significant expansion of its network coverage. ...
Related Tags: telecel, mtn, orascom