Posts Tagged ‘Econet’
Zimbabwe to Get Two WiMAX Networks (Going Wimax)
Ecoweb will launch a commercial WiMAX network in Zimbabwe. The company has been testing the technology for quite some time now. Zimbabwe will now have high speed internet in the country’s main business sectors, while providing backhaul for Econet’s data and voice networks. Econet will spend $300 million in 2010, expanding voice and data services [...]
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Econet starts network deployment worth $200Mn (Zimbabwe)
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has reportedly started employing mobile network equipment worth USD200 million through contracts with Ericsson of Sweden and China’s ZTE. The installation of base station and core network equipment is scheduled to be in July and December, with expansion and upgrades in northern parts of the country being carried out by Ericsson [...]
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Econet begins move to block Zain Nigeria sale
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Econet sources fund to expand network capacity to 5Mn subscribers (Zimbabwe)
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Econet Wireless launches Zim Call Me Backs, expands in SA with Cell C
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Econet Wireless launches range of branded mobile handsets (Zimbabwe)
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Econet Wireless resumes sale of Buddie lines (Kenya)
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Econet Wireless, the Kenyan mobile operator, will resume its sales of prepaid lines as the operator’s subscriber base crosses the 1 million mark. The sale of the Buddie lines were suspended a few years ago driven by chronic foreign currency shortage that had slowed the company’s efforts to grow its subscriber base.
Econet, whose subscriber [...]
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NZ Communication to launch new mobile network in August (New Zealand)
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: NZ Communication will reportedly launch its new mobile network in New Zealand in August with limited retail channels, including petrol stations and supermarkets, instead of through its own retail stores.
NZ Communications, formerly Econet Wireless, was likely to launch its in October 2008, but due to costly resource consent procedures the launch got delayed.
The company [...]
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Econet to launch prepaid international roaming by 2009-end (Zimbabwe)
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Econet Wireless, the Zimbabwean mobile operator, intends to be the first mobile operator in the nation to offer pre-paid international roaming, a company’s spokesperson reportedly said. The spokesperson additionally said that the service is now possible driven by the regulatory changes enabling the operators to charge the subscribers in foreign currency.
The installation of the [...]
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Econet Wireless secures 3G frequencies from POTRAZ (Zimbabwe)
Femtocell News writes…
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Econet, the Zimbabwean mobile operator, has secured 3G frequencies from the telecoms regulator of the nation, POTRAZ. Douglas Mboweni, Econet’s CEO, confirms that the operator paid for the 2100MHz frequencies, which will cater to the Harare region only. According to the arrangement, Econet will pay for the concession on a quarterly basis over two [...]
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Zain Kenya & Essar ink a deal to share network infrastructure (Kenya)
Femtocell News writes…
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Zain Kenya and Essar Telecom Kenya (ETK, previously known as Econet Wireless Kenya) have reportedly agreed to share network infrastructure. As per the deal, the two firms will share around 300 base stations for the next 15 years. ETK, which is operational under the banner ‘yu’ has over 100 base stations in Nairobi and [...]
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Yu launches free SMS service (Kenya)
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www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Yu, the Kenyan incumbent, has launched free SMS services for its subscribers. Yu CEO Srinivasa Iyengar has also announced that the name of the firm will be changed from Econet Wireless Kenya (EWK) to Essar Telecom Kenya (ETK). He further denied the telco’s intention of selling of its stake to MTN.
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Econet Wireless launches mobile operations in Burundi
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www.WirelessFederation,com/news: Econet Wireless has commenced its mobile operations in Burundi, as it connects its subscribers for a one-month network testing, which will take place in 16 provinces. According to Econet Burundi MD Darlington Mandivenga, during the first one month of testing, the subscribers will be connected to test the voice quality and network coverage. He [...]
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MTN eyes 70% stake in Econet Wireless (South Africa, Kenya)
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www.WirelessFederation.com/news: MTN, South Africa’s largest mobile operator, is eyeing the stake Kenyan incumbent Econet Wireless priced at $450 million. According to the sources, MTN wants Econet Wireless International’s (EWI) 70% stake in the Kenyan company, along with already laid out infrastructure and further rollout services.
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Econet Wireless announces voice tariff promotion (Zimbabwe)
Econet Wireless, the Zimbabwean mobile operator, launches a new promotion on voice tariffs. The charges for the on-net calls will fall from $0.29 to $0.21 in some packages. Intra-network calls will drop from $0.29/minute on Buddie package to $0.24 at peak time. The call tariff for Econet’s Business Partna Excel has dipped to $0.21 from [...]
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Econet Wireless targets a subscriber base of 1Mn by July’09 (Kenya)
Econet Wireless, the new entrant to the Kenyan mobile market, at present has 200,000 subscribers and intends to post a subscriber base of 1 million by July’09.
“Now we have close to 200,000 subscribers but the target is to have 1 million by July,” Chief Executive Srinivasa Iyengar said. “In another two to three years, we [...]
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Econet targets a subscriber base of 1.2Mn before 2009-end (Zimbabwe)
Econet Wireless is gearing up its effort to grow its subscriber base before 2009-end. Econet, the Zimbabwean incumbent already has more than a million subscribers and aims to reach a mark of 1.2 million.
According to Rangarirai Mberi, Corporate Communications Manager, Econet Wireless, the telco is running a massive expansion drive in order to achieve the [...]
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Econet Wireless restores its post-paid services (Zimbabwe)
The Zimbabwean incumbent, Econet Wireless is back in action with its post-paid services, the serivces which were suspened in November’08 driven by shortage of foreign currency and lack of funding required for its new billing system. The services were restored after a government’s initiative allowing the operators to bill their users in foreign currency. A [...]
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Econet’s Zimbabwean SIMs see a lucrative black market in South Africa
Econet Wireless’s SIM cards are up for sale in Zimbabwe and are a hit in the market in South Africa from where the black marketers are doing brisk business. These SIM cards are easily available to everybody at many bus stations here at a price of R700 each, compared to those of South Africa’s three [...]
