Search results for: “telone”
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Who faces the biggest threat from Starlink? It’s not the MNOs
So there has been a heap of comments where MNOs are tagged in Starlink articles with the notion that their days are numbered. This got me thinking that maybe there […] more
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Telecel might be struggling but its few remaining subscribers are the happiest. Results of the Mobile Internet survey we ran.
A few weeks ago we ran a survey on your experiences with Mobile Internet performance in Zimbabwe. We collected a total of 939 responses and for all those that participated […] more
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You have to try Liquid Home’s SpeeD promotional bundles – 45GB for $11 (Fibroniks)
I’d like to think I’m not the only one struggling out here. It’s lean times in Zimbabwe currently and we are counting and recounting the pennies. My background is as […] more
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Telecel likely getting around 50 cents from each customer per month now
We have to talk about Telecel again. Every time we get information on the country’s smallest mobile network operator, the picture gets darker. You would think it can’t get worse […] more
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Operating costs growing faster than revenues across the telecoms and postal sector
The business-customer relationship oftentimes feels like a dysfunctional marriage. Both parties feel like the other party is taking them for granted. Nowhere is this more true than in our relationships […] more
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Zimbabwe has 3rd most expensive fixed internet in the world says UK report, but is it?
Cable.co.uk has been analysing data packages from around the world for 6 years now and publishing the results for all to see. Over the years we have seen Zimbabwe rank […] more
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We asked POTRAZ about Starlink. Here is everything we know about it coming to Zimbabwe.
The quality of the internet in Zimbabwe has just completely gone to the dogs. It’s a literal state of emergency and any option that shows the slightest promise is being […] more
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Liquid (Zol) facing another service degradation nationwide, its slow speeds until further notice
It was just under two weeks ago that we were talking about Liquid having an outage. Then, we were told the outage was as a result of a fibre break. […] more
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Liquid was facing an internet outage earlier this morning. Why was it just slow and not completely off?
Liquid faced another fiber break this morning that resulted in a nationwide internet outage. Instead of the internet coming to a dead stop, it instead just got quite slow. This […] more
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX has confirmed Starlink is coming to Zimbabwe this year. South Africa’s date is still unknown
For those that are unaware, Starlink is a SpaceX project providing internet all over the globe. It works in the same way as VSAT in that you buy a piece […] more
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Dark Fiber Africa is using Zimbabwe’s major rail network to lay 2000km of fiber across the country
In 2020 Dark Fiber Africa (DFA) opened a shop in Zimbabwe after obtaining a Class B Internet Access Provider license from POTRAZ. Since then they have been laying fiber in […] more
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Potraz Q3 report. Econet mopping up NetOne and Telecel subscribers & 104% increase in mobile revenues vs Q2
Potraz Q3 report is out and not a lot really happened. A total of nine 2G base stations were decommissioned and 139 3G base stations were added. 4G base station […] more
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Facebook’s fiber has landed in South Africa and it’s the world’s longest undersea cable at 45000km
Meta’s Facebook is joining the telecoms space and they have decided to come out of the gates with the longest undersea fiber optic cable at 45000km. To make this all […] more
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Liquid Home gives WibroniX the USD treatment. Data for a dollar
Finally, the WibroniX customers are now getting the USD bundle treatment. Something that Liquid Home had reserved only for FibroniX customers. It’s all well and good up until you realize […] more
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Liquid Home is facing challenges with its network with no resolution date yet
Liquid Home has been running maintenance after maintenance for the past month. On the 11th of November, they announced that maintenance would be going on for 5 days. That must […] more
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Utande LTE now available in Harare West
Utande has been pushing LTE expansion pretty aggressively, beating Liquid Home to the punch in Mutare. The LTE service will use Sim cards and an outdoor unit kit. Also, these […] more
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Liquid Home’s LIT USD bundles. Are they any good?
Liquid Home has been offering USD packages on their FibroniX and WibroniX services, a bit of convenience for those of you that prefer paying in USD. These packages are running […] more
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All USSD Codes for Econet, NetOne, Telecel, Banks, and more!
You are looking for a USSD code for something and you can’t quite remember what it is? You are confused about which one is for checking your balance and which […] more
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Xiaomi AX9000 review. The most extreme Wifi router
There are normal routers. Nice and compact ones with support for 64 connected devices, which also blend in with the furniture. Nice, modern, and sleek. But what if normal is […] more
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Experiencing call drops and dodgy 4G? Don’t blame your service provider. It’s probably your phone.
Many times someone you know is complaining about their phone just not being reliable. Calls just spontaneously drop and network connectivity just falls from 4G to 3G or even 2G […] more
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Zimbabwe to get fibre optics, renewable energy funding from Africa50, is this a big deal?
What no one can dispute is that Africa is underdeveloped. Zimbabwe, for example, needs US$40 billion for infrastructure development currently and has a tiny fraction of that on hand. Where […] more
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Econet new voice, SMS, and data bundle tariffs effective 1 September 2022
Econet has once again revised the tariffs for their voice, SMS, and Data bundle prices. The new tariffs will be taking effect on 1 September 2022. PUBLIC NOTICEDear CustomersPlease take […] more
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Google’s subsea cable meant to improve internet speeds and lower costs reaches South Africa
Earlier this year we talked about Google’s Equiano cable landing in Africa. The first country to be connected was Togo back in March. This subsea cable of theirs should lead […] more
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Declining data usage, spiraling operating costs – telecom operators not sitting pretty
Recently we went through Econet’s financial statements for the year ended February 2022. We gleaned what we could from that but unfortunately for us, we don’t get to see their […] more
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Voice, SMS and data prices set to increase two more times in 2022
Still trying to wrap your head around the new tariffs as Econet, NetOne, Liquid, Telone and others increased their prices recently? Sorry to pile it on, but you are going […] more
