According to a report by zbc.co.zw, Government has directed mobile phone operator, Telecel Zimbabwe to stop operating within Zimbabwe. According to the report, the company has no license to operate and does not comply with the country’s laws. According to...
The total number of subscribers in Zimbabwe’s telecommunication sector grew by 2.6 percent to 11.4 million in the third quarter of 2014 from 11.1 million in 2013. This is according to the Postal and Telecommunication Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe...
Potraz or the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe plans to introduce a new cost-based pricing model for operators within the telecommunications sector in January. Media reports quote Potraz Deputy Director-General Alfred Marisa as...
Telecel has urged all subscribers with unregistered SIM cards to have them registered by Friday this week to avoid being disconnected. “Any subscriber with an unregistered SIM card risks disconnection if he or she has not registered the line before August...
Potraz, Zimbabwe’s telecommunications regulator, has reportedly forced the country’s largest mobile service provider, Econet, to reverse a 60% cut in user tariffs – a move that has been met with anger amongst the company’s subscribers. The issue has...
August 13, 2012 •
Mobile and Telecoms •
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Zimbabwe’s Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (POTRAZ) is in the process of finalising new licensing agreements with mobile phone operators in the country. The aim is to encourage co-operation between the service providers while keeping the...
February 28, 2011 •
Mobile and Telecoms •
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Last week, Aimable Mpore, Telecel Zimbabwe’s Managing Director, presented evidence before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Media, Information and Communication Technology. Mr Mpore highlighted changes in employee nationality and moves towards using...
ZIMBABWE’S leading cellular mobile company, Econet, will be changing its prefix number and switching to new ones before December, the company’s spokesperson told our reporter on Monday. The spokesperson, Rangarirai Mberi, said the prefix number would...
March 14, 2009 •
Mobile and Telecoms •
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Mobile subscribers in Zimbabwe will receive some financial relief in the wake of a 40% downward revision of phone tariffs by the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ)...
