Fire Accident Cripples Zimbabwe's International Telecoms Traffic

APA-Harare (Zimbabwe) Telecommunication traffic into and out of Zimbabwe, including Internet access, has been affected following fire that gutted a telephone exchange in Harare, APA learnt here Monday.

The fire extensively damaged the exchange in central Harare, switching off some telephone users with numbers from the station.

The damage has also crippled Internet traffic for subscribers using the state-owned service provider, ComOne.

The affected subscribers have not had Internet access since last week when the damage occurred.

Officials at ComOneĆ's parent company, TelOne, suspected that the fire was caused by defective temperature regulation at the exchange.

Posted to the site on 20th October 2008