By Garikai Dzoma When it comes to startups much has been written about faith, perseverance, endurance, success, joy and all the roller coaster of emotions that often comes with running your own startup business. Little, however, has been written about doubt. It is a subject that both those who have…
By Nigel Gambanga Anyone who signs up for Telco Velocity Broadband’s unlimited Fibre packages will get a free 3-month subscription to Netflix. This makes Telco the latest to tap into the brand power of the VOD services giant to sell broadband. Articles appeared first on Techzim;Telco offers new users 3…
By Nigel Gambanga One of its subsidiaries, AliExpress, has also managed to create this impression in Zimbabwe. The online retail service has offered bargain hunting Zimbabweans and resellers an avenue for picking up competitive deals on products that traditionally have high markups in other import markets like South Africa. Articles…
By Nigel Gambanga ZISPA (The Zimbabwe Internet Service Providers Association) is a name that anyone trying to understand the domain registration dynamics in Zimbabwe will have probably heard of. It’s the non-profit collective of internet service providers which has been the starting point for some limited lobbying efforts while mostly…
By Nigel Gambanga On Thursday the 28th of January 2016, there will be a Bitmari Meet-and-Greet at the Rainbow Towers in Harare. Starting at 5.30 pm the event(which is open to the public) is meant to offer interested parties an opportunity to learn more about BitMari and Bitcoin with an…
By Nigel Gambanga The three-day exercise is scheduled to run from the 25th to the 27th of January (Monday to Wednesday) and according to Dougals Mboweni, the CEO of Econet, it may result in some cases of service disruption, though assurances have been made that the operators’ engineers will try…
By Nigel Gambanga South Africa’s Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) has released a statement encouraging telecoms operators to innovate in the face of challenges from Over The Top (OTT) Services like WhatsApp and Skype, rather than seeking to regulate them. Articles appeared first on Techzim;Telecoms operators encouraged to innovate in…
By Nigel Gambanga Telecel was recently confirmed as the mobile operator which will be offering Facebook and Internet.org’s Free Basics service. We discuss that issue in this episode, as well as the impact WhatsApp regulation will have on African telecoms. We also touch on the latest POTRAZ report and some…
By Staff Writer The Post and Telecoms Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) recently published the local Telecoms Sector Report or 2015 which focused on facts and figures for the third quarter of 2015. The report has offered some form insight into the local telecoms scene and a look at the…
By Nigel Gambanga Powertel Communications, the State-owned Internet Access Provider with its fingers in VoIP, broadband, VPN and prepaid electricity distribution services recently added unlimited Fibre to the Home (FTTH) packages to its broadband lineup. Articles appeared first on Techzim;Powertel introduces $35 unlimited Fibre package, prepares for future of Zimbabwean…