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Mobile data vanishes amid soaring Telecom profits

"Where did my data go?" - it's a question on the lips of thousands of Zimbabweans as their mobile data mysteriously disappears, even as profits for major telecommunications operators like Econet, NetO...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 November 2025

BUSINESS NEWS

Zimbabwe cabinet approves Postal and Telecoms Bill

Cabinet has approved the Postal and Telecommunications Amendment Bill aimed at aligning Zimbabwe's telecommunications framework with current trends and emerging technological developments.Information,...

By Staff reporter | Published: 31 July 2025

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Zimbabwe telecom companies hike tariffs

Zimbabwe's major telecommunications companies have announced long-anticipated increases in the prices of voice, data, and SMS bundles following regulatory approval by the Postal and Telecommunications...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 May 2025

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Zimbabwe telecoms industry courts Indian investors

Zimbabwe's telecommunications industry is on the verge of obtaining tangible investments from India following a platform the industry had to outline possible lucrative opportunities for business ventu...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 October 2019

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Telecoms sector posts revenue growth

Zimbabwe's telecommunications sector registered growth in revenues for the quarter ending June 30, 2019, mainly on the back of upward tariff reviews as economic headwinds persisted. The sector, like a...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 October 2019

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Telecoms firms in revenue decline

ZIMBABWE's telecoms sector has suffered a $37,1 million decline in revenue for the first time ever in the past four years.The latest Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Pot...

By Staff reporter | Published: 16 July 2019

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Telecoms operators urged to take consumers' grievances seriously

POSTAL and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) director-general Gift Machengete has said telecoms operators should take consumers' grievances seriously so that they improve on...

By Staff reporter | Published: 09 June 2019

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Telecoms sector posts 9,2% profit

Zimbabwe's postal and telecommunications sector registered a 9,2 percent revenue growth in the third quarter to September, 2018 on the back on increased usage of data and internet. In its Postal Telec...

By Staff reporter | Published: 21 December 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

'Zimbabwe telecoms investment costs drop 35%'

ZIMBABWE's infrastructure sharing model has yielded up to 35 percent drop in the cost of investment in the information and telecommunications sector, which will largely benefit ordinary consumers and ...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 December 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

MDC sued over $14 000 telecoms equipment hire debt

THE High Court has ordered opposition MDC party to pay $14 146 to a local telecommunications firm, Ericom Communications, for equipment hired nearly two decades ago.The telecommunication firm filed su...

By Staff reporter | Published: 07 December 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Zimbabwe telecoms sector on growth path, revenues exceed $1billion

Zimbabwe's telecoms sector generated revenue in excess of $1 billion and contributed 7,2 % to the country's gross domestic product (GDP) in 2017, the industry regulator has said.Postal and Telecommuni...

By Staff reporter | Published: 03 December 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Telecoms firms merger project talks underway

Talks to merge three telecommunications companies, Zarnet, Powertel and Africom, are underway and will be finalised by the end of the year, businessdigest has learnt.Powertel and Zarnet are both State...

By Staff reporter | Published: 27 July 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

New tariffs for mobile sector on the cards

Government will soon announce new tariffs for the mobile telecommunications sector, and plans are underway to begin imposing hefty fines on industry players that offer substandard services such as dro...

By Staff reporter | Published: 10 June 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Telcos urged to be innovative

TELECOMMUNICATION companies have been urged to come up with ways to mitigate declining revenue caused by increased use of over-the-top (OTT) voice applications, which have resulted in voice and data t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 24 May 2018

BUSINESS NEWS

Dr Zavazava endorsed for top telecoms post

SADC is backing Dr Cosmas Zavazava for the post of International Telecommunication Development Union director of Telecommunication Development Bureau (TDB) in elections set for October this year. Spea...

By Staff reporter | Published: 20 April 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Zimbabwe expects boom in telecomms sector

The government is expecting a boom in the country's telecommunications sector following reforms that will see three state owned utilities being partially privatised.The second quarter performance of t...

By Staff reporter | Published: 18 April 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Zim to amend telecoms act to reflect ICT changes

Changes in the information and communication technologies landscape have forced the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) to draft a new bill intended to repeal the P...

By Staff reporter | Published: 06 April 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Liquid Telecoms to raise cash through IPO

Econet Group subsidiary Liquid Telecom has appointed three global banks to begin a process of listing the company on a major European Exchange. Leading publication TMT Finance, which tracks potential ...

By Business Weekly | Published: 23 March 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Liquid Telecom appoints new deputy MD

LIQUID Telecom Zimbabwe has appointed Martin Mushambadope as deputy managing director with effect from March 1, 2018. Prior to his appointment Mushambadope was the company's commercial officer.Mushamb...

By Staff reporter | Published: 08 March 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Liquid Telecom's big plans for Neotel

Liquid Telecom, the fast-growing pan-African telecommunications operator controlled by Zimbabwean billionaire Strive Masiyiwa, will spend billions of rand expanding newly acquired subsidiary Neotel's ...

By Tech Central | Published: 31 January 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Zim telecoms quality, services improve

Zimbabwe's telecommunications quality and services has improved in the last few years due to infrastructure and network upgrades, the sector's regulator he said. Postal and Telecommunication Regulator...

By Staff reporter | Published: 29 January 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Potraz to audit telecoms firms' financial statements

The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) will audit financial statements of telecommunication firms that failed to pay licensing fees to ascertain veracity of such i...

By Staff reporter | Published: 26 January 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Reprieve for Zimbabwe telecom operators

Postal and telecommunication operators can now pay their licence fees in instalments after struggling to make once-off payments due to the harsh economic environment, the Postal and Telecommunications...

By Staff reporter | Published: 23 January 2018

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Liquid Telecoms rapped over back-up systems

Government is investigating Liquid Telecom for not having adequate back-up systems, resulting in an Internet glitch last week, which led to the disruption of social media applications. Information Com...

By Staff reporter | Published: 12 December 2017

TELECOMS & TECHNOLOGY

Liquid Telecom secures $700m for growth

PAN African telecommunications group, Liquid Telecom has secured a $700 million bond and term loan facility aimed at supporting the group's existing debt and growth strategy.The financing package was...

By Staff reporter | Published: 13 July 2017
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