TelOne, a Zimbabwean telecoms company, committed $2.4 million in the most recent upgrade of its broadband network, allowing it to increase capacity and reduce connectivity latency. This is despite the fact that legacy loans and network vandalism affecting 30 000 subscribers continue to be big drain on profitability. TelOne operates landline phone, VoIP, and data...
The economic crisis in Zimbabwe is weighing on the activities of telecommunications operators. The latter have been asking for the regulator’s agreement for several months to increase the prices of their services. This would allow them to better cope with the situation. Zimbabwean telecommunications operators Econet Wireless and TelOne have raised the prices of their voice, SMS...
Zimbabwe fixed phone and broadband operator, TelOne, is bulking under viability challenges worsened by a controlled tariff mechanism within a hyper-inflationary operating environment. Local telecommunication companies struggle with foreign currency shortages and battle to settle licence fees, for example, and this exacerbates the issue of poor service delivery. Following its AGM in Harare, TelOne released...
Demand for telecom services is accelerating in Zimbabwe. The public operator TelOne is stepping up investments to improve its capacities and respond effectively to this growing demand. TelOne, the Zimbabwean public fixed telecommunications operator, inaugurated a new data center in Mazowe, north of the capital Harare, on Thursday 24 March. At an estimated cost of 4 million...
Zimbabwe fixed phone operator and ISP TelOne has suspended data rollover for its broadband subscribers. One of its rivals, ZOL, also runs data roll-over which allows users to carry over their unused bandwidth into the next month. TelOne also offers ADSL internet connectivity options. “We wish to advise our valued clients of the suspension of...
Zimbabwe’s state-owned fixed line telco TelOne has reported revenues of ZWL4.7 billion (USD13 million) for full year 2020, up from ZWL1.9 billion the year before, with the growth attributed to the increased demand for fixed broadband services during the COVID-19 pandemic. TechZim says that the firm registered an inflation-adjusted operating profit of ZWL532 million, with EBITDA up 2%...
Government ministries and parastatals owe TelOne a total $680 million in unpaid telephone bills, severely choking the company’s financial standing. An update released soon after the government-owned company’s 7th annual general meeting (AGM) revealed the huge debt was affecting the smooth flow of its operations. “Government continues to top the debtors list owing $575 million...
Zimbabwe state-owned telecommunications firm TelOne has partnered with Bangalore-based Tejas Networks to establish a 100Gbps fibre network and bolster its bandwidth capacity. The Zimbabwe telco also released a statement in which it confirmed the agreement, adding that it had selected to partner with Tejas Networks following a robust bidding process and a field trial. TelOne...
TelOne Zimbabwe has deployed Tejas’ 100G/100G+ coherent DWDM solution for its network expansion. This partnership is expected to see the high-speed transmission of multiple 100G lambdas while meeting the stringent performance and reliability requirements in a cost-effective manner. CEO and MD of Tejas Networks, Sanjay Nayak says “We are delighted that TelOne has deployed our latest...
The government of Zimbabwe owes state-owned fixed line telco TelOne ZWL945 million (USD2.61 million) which the operator claims has constrained its cash flow and operations to the extent that it is ‘facing difficulty in setting its key service providers and statutory obligations’. A report from 263 Chat says that the government debt accounted for around...
