Update: We have since tested Econet Zero again and Wikipedia is now working. Econet has also advised that they have fixed the minor glitch. Econet yesterday announced a ground-breaking product […]
So there have been many questions coming through our social media about what exactly Econet Zero is about. For some reason, either people can’t believe the deal, or we just […]
If there’s one tool I’ve been always been thankful to the internet for since I came to know this amazing tool, it is Wikipedia. I cannot live without it, and […]
Today, Econet Wireless, announced the launch of a new product called Econet Zero, which extends their existing initiative; EcoSchool. Econet Zero gives all Econet subscribers free access to more than 50 educational […]
Late last week we broke the story on the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s directive to mobile money service providers, which basically said that mobile money agents can conduct services for […]
Last week, allegations emerged that Econet was automatically registering subscribers to its EcoCash mobile money service. The official Econet response to the allegations was a failed spin that tried to […]
Zimbabwe’s leading mobile network operator Econet Wireless yesterday received a Global Mobile Award at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Econet’s Energize the Chain Vaccine Project in Zimbabwe was named […]
For the first time since its launch. Telecel’s Telecash has started advertising its mobile money agent network in the local press. Telecel is currently embroiled in a bitter wrangle with […]
When we contacted Econet yesterday about the auto-registration to EcoCash, they basically said that their policy is to not do such stuff. “It is not our policy to automatically register […]
So we finally got a response from Econet PR on the issue of them automatically registering Econet voice subscribers to the EcoCash mobile money service. It’s basically a, “no we […]
A tip that came to us via Twitter today suggest Econet is now registering EcoCash users automatically. Meaning, in short, that if you’re an Econet subscriber, you’ll now automatically – […]
Apart from the free dumb phone, there’s one other thing that Econet did these past several months that really impressed me; the Facebook Bundles. But you and I know Facebook […]
Econet announced through some teaser ads in the print press the introduction of a new prepaid voice product called Buddie Circle. As the name suggests, this is a closed user […]
So after publishing a number of articles on the situation between the banks and Econet, about neutral access to the Econet GSM network, we’ve received a number of questions about […]
So we all thought the Econet vs Trustco war over Ecolife was done. Econet had won the final battle in the Zim Supreme Court and they were set to look at […]
Econet just sent through a press release whose main aim seems to have been to encourage EcoCash subscribers to ask (they could have as well used the word ‘demand’! ) […]
That Econet has been working on a new Econet Services product called EcoSchool has been public knowledge for at least a couple of months now. The group’s founder and chairman […]
Econet is selling an interesting rugged-tough smartphone called the Titan R5 retailing for US $366. Our immediate reaction was thinking about last year’s Motorola launch of a rugged smartphone here in […]
Last week, we revealed that Econet and local banks hand reached an understanding with banks to open up its platform for full USSD functionality for the ZimSwitch mobile money transfer […]
Here’s the latest Techzim Podcast. Recorded yesterday 19 January 2013, it’s our first podcast of the year. In there we discuss the issue of Econet finally opening up its network […]
A few days ago, we broke the news that Econet and the banks are finally warming to each other on the issue of banks being granted access to Econet subscribers […]
On January 12 Last week Altech announced the offloading of an 8.6% stake in Liquid Telecom Holdings to Econet Wireless for a reported $55 million. While this move has further […]
Sources in the industry have exclusively told us that Econet has finally given in to the pressure of the banks, regulatory authorities to open up full USSD functionality for the […]
Remember the deal from january last year that set Liquid Telecom as Africa’s largest terrestrial fibre network operator? As part of the deal, Altech, whose East African infrastructure assets Liquid […]
Update: We have since learnt that the promo is an intelligent form of daily bundles. Each user get’s a different minimum spend to qualify so while we got the $2.5 […]
Remember the Econet daily bundles? Of course you do – it’s the promotion Econet launched in last year in August that allows you get free voice minutes when you buy […]
For mysterious reasons there are some technologies which, although they are popular everywhere else, have simply failed to be popular here in Zimbabwe. On the list are technologies like BlackBerry […]
We just received one of those just-to-let-you-know, releases by Econet this morning. The release, sent out to assuage fears of Zimbabwe’s liquidity problems affecting Steward Bank and therefore the EcoCash […]
A report today in The Herald, says there’s renewed pressure from the Bankers Association of Zimbabwe (BAZ) to have the regulatory authorities put measures that allow for mobile network access […]