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By Batsirai Chikadaya According to leaked minutes of a Telecommunications Operators Association of Zimbabwe meeting held in October 2016, Econet, Telecel and NetOne all met to discuss the issue of floor pricing for both data and voice as per their invitation by POTRAZ to make submissions on the issue. By…

By Batsirai Chikadaya Techzim recently came across leaked minutes of a Telecommunications Operators Association of Zimbabwe meeting that took place in October 2016 under the agenda of discussing the issue of floor pricing for both data and voice as per their invitation from POTRAZ to make such submissions. The leaked…

By Edwin Chabuka If you are wondering how you might work out a budget for staying online as much as you did about a week ago then look no further. Allow us to give you a rough outline So for arguments sake we will use an average that we got…

By Nigel Gambanga Telecel subscribers are currently enjoying cheaper access to the internet than subscribers on Econet after Telecel maintained its data tariffs in spite of a POTRAZ directive to set new floor prices. For $1, Telecel subscribers get 150 MB while $2 secures 500 MB. The bundles are valid…

By Nigel Gambanga NetOne, Zimbabwe’s second largest mobile operator and a State owned entity is yet to adopt the new mobile data bundles tariffs set by POTRAZ, the telecoms regulator, and it has now emerged that NetOne has appealed to POTRAZ to review the new tariffs. Earlier this month POTRAZ…

By Batsirai Chikadaya EcoCash has tied up yet another remittance partnership deal with TransferTo, a “business-to-business mobile payment network interconnecting financial institutions and mobile operators globally”, which will allow South African based remittance service Mama Money a direct link to make payments to EcoCash Wallets. Techzim’s understanding of the deal…

By Nigel Gambanga Econet Wireless’ adoption of mobile broadband tariffs which have made the internet one of the most expensive services for the average Zimbabweans has caused an outrage among subscribers and triggered a flood of criticism for the mobile operator as well as POTRAZ, the telecoms regulator that approved…

By Batsirai Chikadaya #Datamustfall is the top trending conversation on Zimbabwean Twitter today after Twimbos spent the day expressing their discontent with Econet’s new data tariffs. The #Datamustfall tagline was first used in South Africa and Techzim had previously suggested Zimbabwe develop its own campaign after finding out Zimbabwe had…

By Edwin Chabuka This is an article that contains referral links and we may receive financial benefit if you decide to take action on anything listed below. We will ONLY refer stuff that we ourselves will use here at the office As a scaling up of our understanding of power…

By Edwin Chabuka This is an article that contains referral links and we may receive financial benefit if you decide to take action on anything listed below. We will ONLY refer stuff that we ourselves will use here at the office From my experience using the internet it has come…