Bundles are synonymous with the realm of data- data bundles. But our dear Mobile Network Operators (MNO) did us a favour by also giving use voice calling data bundles. Since […]
The new data prices have hit Zimbos harder than the army of the dead hit Winterfell and a lot of us are going to have to change our approach when […]
The Media Institue of Southern Africa (MISA) has had its say on the recently increased cost of mobile internet data. Posting on their own blog here are the views expressed […]
Just a few hours after praising Telecel for its MegaBoost, which outclassed OneFusion, it has also revised down its data allocations of MegaBoost and other packages. Here’s now what’s on […]
Botswana is banking on Strive Masiyiwa to increase the country’s internet penetration through fibre connections. Getting Botswana’s 2.3 million people connected is just half of what Mascom and Econet founder […]
ZITF has been pretty interesting and we’ve been running into some interesting stuff on a daily. Yesterday it was Buddie Beatz. Today we bumped into something a bit more interesting. […]
21 years after founding Mascom, Econet founder Strive Masiyiwa plans to take the Mobile Network Operator (MNO) to the public. Mascom, for Masiyiwa Communications, was Mr Masiyiwa’s first telecoms business […]
Telone is another telecoms service provider that’s struggling to pay up its foreign dues because of foreign currency shortages. This time the repercussions of failing to meet its foreign obligations […]
A lot of publications have run with this story already but I couldn’t find the original Facebook post. Strive Masiyiwa posts extensively and engages quite much on his page so […]
Back in November, EcoCash announced a new set of tariffs for transacting on their platform and you would be forgiven for thinking that since then those tariffs haven’t changed. The […]
Though OneFusion is the darling of many mobile subscribers, NetOne’s popular data promotion hasn’t entirely managed to dodge controversy. The last few tweaks to OneFusion were not entirely popular as […]
Right from waking up in the morning to falling asleep at night, we access the internet mostly from our mobile devices. With such excessive use of your phone comes the […]
Last year, we reported on how Econet would leverage the 3000 hours of sunshine/year to reduce their own reliance on ZESA through DPA (Distributed Power Africa). At the time I […]
Have you ever received an international call, whose quality was very poor, a lot of delays, and most importantly, the number calling you appeared as a local call instead of […]
There’s been a rumour circulating that POTRAZ donated $200 000 to Cyclone Idai Relief efforts and that this donation was funded by the USF (Universal Service Fund) contributed to by […]
Around the midway point of last month we got a tip that Elevate would be taken down temporarily and Econet sent messages to Elevate staffers informing them of what it […]
Usually when you see all players in an industry pricing their products the same, it tells you there is a cartel colluding to fix prices. Cartels may decide to accept […]
Today Econet subscribers received a message telling them to buy iFlix bundles so they can watch a show called Wedding Diaries. This appears to be a new local show sponsored […]
A lot of you have probably stuck to one service provider since you had your first phone. Me well not so much. My adventure with Zimbabwe MNOs has seen me […]
EcoCash has set aside $5 million for small businesses in the Cyclone affected areas in Zimbabwe which include Manicaland and Masvingo as part of an initiative to help rebuild the […]
We are still waiting for Econet to give us official confirmation on whether they made a typo that implied that their per second billing will result in calls being charged […]
This is part 2 of a 3 part series on pricing of mobile telephony in Zimbabwe especially mobile broadband. You can read part 1 here. I didn’t think I would […]
Strive Masiyiwa is again on the front page for all the good reasons. The Billionaire has decided to do something big for an old lady (Gogo) who made headlines last […]
A few weeks ago I received a message in my personal inbox from MasterCard. The impression I got was that they were killing Masterpass service. Turns out I was totally […]
Earlier this month telecom operators approached the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) requesting for tariff adjustments in light of the newly floated RTGS dollar. Effectively, POTRAZ has […]
Nobody likes the inconvenience that comes with sending someone money via mobile money if the recipient isn’t on the same network as you. That much has been established and is […]
Telecel’s streak of bad news doesn’t seem to be slowing down and the recent eviction order that First Mutual is seeking against the mobile network operator (MNO) is further compounded […]
During the presentation of the 4th quarter sector performance report, Director-General Gift Machengete said that the regulator hasn’t yet approved a new increase in tariffs. This is in the background […]