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Ecoweb Launches Mobile WiMax
Last week, we revealed that Ecoweb was going to launch mobile WiMax this week. They just did. But that’s not the news. The news is this: It’s a staggering US$ 290 to get connected. The USB WiMax dongle, US$ 175, and the monthly bandwidth subscription, US$ 115. We say that because when we discovered that…
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Axis Solutions Gets Cisco Select Certified Partnership
Axis Solutions has met the Cisco resource requirements for Small Business Specialization to become a Cisco Select Certified partner. This means Axis Solutions has demonstrated that it is qualified to sell, install and specifically to support Cisco solutions for the Small and Medium Business (SMB) market. Cisco Systems is a leader is communication solutions and…
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Someone Just Pushed The Wrong Button On The ZOL Site
If you’ve visited the Zimbabwe Online (ZOL) homepage in the last 3 hours or so, you probably noticed something glaringly wrong with it; the website is showing stuff in 2s. There’s a double side menu, double top banner, double adverts, double footer… (UPDATE April 22: fixed) A bored someone at ZOL must be playing on…
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Ecoweb’s 4G Mobile WiMax Coming Next Week
We just got information that Ecoweb, the ISP arm of Zimbabwe telecoms giant, Econet, will start selling their 4G mobile WiMax next week. According to our source, Ecoweb is just waiting for an approval of the proposed pricing by the telecoms regulatory authority POTRAZ. We got a glimpse of the pricing and hey, dear reader,…
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ZOU Starts Using Open Source eLearning Platform Claroline
On Thursday, the Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU) officially launched a new Learning Management System website, ZOU Online. The new system uses the open source eLearning and eWorking platform, Claroline, and like typical Learning Management Systems, it allows lecturers to build online courses and manage learning and collaborative activities on the web. The Zimbabwe Open University…
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Axis Solutions In New Partnership With The Westcon Group
On Thursday we attended the launch of a new partnership between Zimbabwe ICT infrastructure solutions provider, Axis Solutions, and South African based distributor of converged communications solutions, Westcon. The event was held the Crown Plaza Hotel in Harare. The event started with a presentation of the Axis’ main current drive and main business focus, which,…
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Portnet is HIFA 2010 Official IT Partner
Portnet Corporation this year will be official provider of Information Technology services to the Harare International Festival of the Arts (HIFA). This means Portnet will basically provide all the computer systems running HIFA behind the scenes. This is your servers, racks, switches, routers, desktops, laptops, networks and the like. Printers and document management equipment and…
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New Twist to ZOL/Telecontract Dispute: Telco Threatens To Sue
After the successful transfer of the 200 disconnected customers to Africom last week, we concluded in our weekly round-up, that the ZOL/Telco dispute was finally (and thankfully) over. We were wrong.
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Weekly Roundup – 10 April 2010
TelOne, Telkom Talks The Herald on Thursday continued with the TelOne/Telkom story that’s been appearing now and again for a while now. This time TelOne spokesperson Mr Collin Wilbes, just confirmed that negotiations are still ongoing but that he couldn’t give details.
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Econet Opens New Call Centre As Subscriber Base Crosses The 4 Million Mark
Today, Econet Wireless Zimbabwe opened a new call centre in Graniteside, Harare. The large call center (see pictures below), which has the capacity to handle more than 15,000 customer calls an hour was described by Econet CEO, Mr. Douglas Mboweni as “the biggest and most sophisticated in the country”. Mr. Douglas Mboweni took the opportunity…
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ZOL Issues An Update On Disconnections, Warns All Telco Customers About Telco’s Liquidity
We just got another press statement that ZOL has issued on the Telco/ZOL disconnections for publication tomorrow . We’ve uploaded the press statement here, since the ZOL PR page on this issue hasn’t been updated yet (UPDATE (08 April 2010:1300hrs): the ZOL page has been updated) The statement is titled “Update on unlawful disconnection by…
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A Message To ZOL And Telecontract: It Didn’t Have To Come To This
The last two weeks have been a nightmare for some 200 Zimbabwe Online (ZOL) customers. On 25 March 2010, a ZOL last mile connection provider, Telecontract, switched off the customers because of a payment dispute with ZOL. ZOL is arguably the largest internet service provider in Zimbabwe. Telecontract (also called Telco) too is one of…
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Deported Telecel Managing Director Aimable Mpore Now Back At Work
We just got news from Telecel that the deported managing director, Aimable Mpore is now back in Zimbabwe and working at Telecel again. Mr. Mpore’s appeal to the government of Zimbabwe against the withdrawal of his work permit succeeded and he returned to work yesterday (Tuesday), after arriving back in Zimbabwe on Monday. Mr Mpore…
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Econet Officially Opening New Large Call Center Tomorrow
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe is officially opening its new call center in Harare tomorrow. Econet has built a new advanced call centre to handle increased traffic from its growing subscriber base now standing at more than 3.2 million. Speaking about the opening, Econet CEO, Mr Douglas Mboweni said that massive growth had increased demand for service…
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Exclusive Interview with Telecontract CEO, Shadreck Nkala Over ZOL Disconnections
Two days ago we posted an exclusive interview we had with the ZOL CEO David Behr over the broadband disconnections we posted here on Monday. David Behr revealed some interesting aspects to the story. Later the same day, we had another exclusive with the other side, Telco CEO Shadreck Nkala. Below is the transcription of…
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Telecel Subscriber Base Reaches Almost One Million
Telecel Zimbabwe now has close to a million subscribers, the company’s international partner, Telecel Globe, revealed on Thursday. Telecel Globe chief executive Kai Uebach told a media briefing in Harare that Telecel Zimbabwe had invested heavily in developing its network. It was rolling out in the region of 170 base stations countrywide. He said the…
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When Solar Meets Wireless – A Rural Telecommunications Solution – Part 2
Solar Powered Wireless Access This is a viable avenue of implementing rural telephony in a bid to redress the knowledge and information gap between the urban and rural populations, amongst other things. There’s no need to explain and expand the clear relationship that exists between information technology and development of a country. Access to information…
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Exclusive Interview with ZOL CEO, David Behr Over Telco Disconnections
So, today we finally got a chance to talk to the David Behr, the ZOL CEO. Below is the full text of the 1 on 1 interview we had with him this afternoon. He basically explains more on the dispute between his company and Telecontract we reported earlier this week. We’re hoping to have a…
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ZOL Moving Disconnected Customers To Africom
Since ZOL came out with the story about its fallout with last-mile network provider Telecontract, we’ve been trying to get more details about the issue from the two. It hasn’t been easy. The Telecontract CEO, Shadreck Nkala, is said to be in meetings all day and all we get are promises that he’ll call back.…