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By Nigel Gambanga The net neutrality cause got a huge boost today when the Telecoms Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) permanently banned Facebook’s Free Basics on the grounds of net neutrality violations. Articles appeared first on Techzim;India bans Facebook’s Free Basics – offers Zimbabwean regulators another chance at self reflection…

By L.S.M Kabweza The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange has just announced today the dropping of Celsys from its official list of companies. One of only 2 tech related companies on the local exchange, Celsys was under voluntary suspension since 2012 and it eventually ceased operations in October last year. This is…

By Nigel Gambanga One of the changes just recently took effect at the beginning of February 2016 as NetOne announced the appointment of a Chief Operating Officer. The newly created position will be taken up by Brian Mutandiro, the former chairman of the telecoms regulator, POTRAZ. Mutandiro will work alongside…

By Nigel Gambanga At the beginning of the year, Liquid Telecom launched ipidi TV, its Video On Demand service in Zambia. This was its first entry into the market after more than 2 years of development. Now, the pay TV service has been launched in Kenya, marking Liquid Telecom’s entry…

By Nigel Gambanga In this episode, we discuss the $1 for 1GB offer from TelOne and its impact on the access to broadband in Zimbabwe. We also touch on the suspension of credit sales for devices from Econet as well as the launch of Ruzivo the new e-learning platform from…

By Nigel Gambanga Econet sent a response on the credit sales issue, pointing out that the facility has only been suspended and not killed off completely. In its communication, Econet also confirmed that the options that are left for individuals are cash or the lay bye scheme. Articles appeared first…

By Nigel Gambanga According to the RBZ, in 2015, monetary transactions totaled $57 billion and mobile payments accounted for 87.9% of these transactions in terms of volumes. Articles appeared first on Techzim;87.9% of payments in Zimbabwe handled through mobile money – RBZ …read more Read more here:: Techzim Feed…

By Nigel Gambanga Tigo Tanzania, the East African mobile operator has announced that it will now be offering all its 10 million subscribers free access to the instant message platform, WhatsApp. Articles appeared first on Techzim;WhatsApp is now free in Tanzania …read more Read more here:: Techzim Feed…

By Staff Writer The latest on WhatsApp is that it has increased the group maximum from 100 to 256 members. So far it seems the change has only been made to the latest version for Android (Version 2.12.437) which isn’t yet in the Google Play store but can be downloaded…

By Dr Marlon-Ralph Judging from the list above, spam emailing or pop-up messages will not be allowed. Apart from these, there are also rules governing information put on websites, how entries in the Telephone Directory should appear and even how office signs should look! Violating these policies is a serious…