Early last month Utande launched an LTE service to rival those offered by ZOL and TelOne. The only difference between Utande’s packages and the rest of the market is that they are uncapped only. When it comes to prices, Utande LTE packages were comparable to ZOL’s business offerings.
| Utande LTE | ZOL Wibroniks |
| Supermax: 5 Mbps US$125.00 | WiBroniks Nano Office 7Mbps US$125 |
| Megamax 10Mbps US$210 | WiBroniks Micro Office 10Mbps US$185 |
| Gigamax 15Mbps US$295 | WiBroniks Small Office 15Mbps US$295 |
There were many people on social media who voiced their concerns about the pricing of Utande’s packages. And it seems like the internet service provider was listening because Utande has announced that it has slashed prices for its LTE packages by about 18% across the board.
| Data allocation | Speed (Mbps) | Old Price (US$) per month | New Price (US$) per month | |
| Supermax | uncapped | 5 | 125.00 | 99.00 |
| Megamax | uncapped | 10 | 210.00 | 169.00 |
| Gigamax | uncapped | 15 | 295.00 | 249.00 |
This new price change now puts Utande’s entry-level package at a lower price than the ZOL and TelOne uncapped alternatives.
| Utande LTE | TelOne Blaze | ZOL Wibroniks |
| Supermax: 5 Mbps US$99.00 | Blaze Superernova Uncapped US$112.00 | WiBroniks Nano Office 7Mbps US$125 Wibroniks Home Unlimited 15Mbps US$119 |
| Megamax 10Mbps US$210 | – | WiBroniks Micro Office 10Mbps US$185 |
| Gigamax 15Mbps US$295 | – | WiBroniks Small Office 15Mbps US$295 |
It very rare, at least from my experience, to see a company reduce the prices of a service. The fact that Utande did so after listening to its clients and maybe also understanding that people are strapped for cash but need the internet is, I think, a sign that there is hope yet for Zimbabwean businesses.
All Utande needs to do now is roll out the capped packages
What we are all waiting for now are the capped packeges to see where exactly Utande ranks against ZOL Wibroniks and TelOne Blaze. A month ago we asked Utande/Dandemutande’s CEO, Never Ncube about the capped packages as well as what the company has in store for the future. You can listen to that conversation with the link below.
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Nice. TelOne Speed is Up to 20Mbps. I would pay an additional US20 for that. 5Mbps may in some instances not be enough for my Business
Whatsup Team TechZim. Is there a way to reduce the size of your Technikari episodes? They are kind of large compared to, say… VOA News audios. Those are 30mins long and consistantly fall under 4MB in size. This Technikari episode is 22 mins long but over 20MB in comparison. Help out…vamwe venyu hatina data rekudaro☹️.
It would be interesting for Techzim if you could publish a price comparison of our internet with South Africa
for sure i think the data prizes in zim are not normal at all. or we should put prizes in USD coz this is not ryt