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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....

Related Tags: econet-wireless, ericsson, zte


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. ...

Related Tags: econet-wireless, 3g, bandwidth


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. ...

Related Tags: econet-wireless


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....

Related Tags: econet-wireless, 3g, three, bandwidth


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. ...

Related Tags: net*one, three


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....

Related Tags: telecel, mtn, base, orascom


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....

Related Tags: econet-wireless-zimbabwe, 3g, bandwidth


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....

Related Tags: econet-wireless-zimbabwe, ericsson, zte


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....

Related Tags: econet-wireless


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

 

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