Tel One phone bills payable through Telecash bill option
Today Telecel announced the introduction of a Tel One bill payment facility through Telecash. This new service is meant to enhance the appeal of the mobile money service, which since its introduction...
View ArticleThe TeleCash mobile money API: Here’s how to get access
When we posted yesterday’s article on the launch of the Telecash mobile money API, a lot of comments and requests came in with developers asking for the API documentation and how they could get start...
View ArticleTelecel partners ZimSwitch for TeleCash Gold Card. Introduces POS & ATM cashouts
When TeleCash launched back in January this year the company spoke of a Telecash debit card. Spoke way too early actually as the “card” or its concept wasn’t visible except in the press releases....
View ArticleTelecel introduces cheaper WhatsApp bundles, offers bonus data for early sign...
Telecel has amped up its broadband services game with an introduction of their own WhatsApp bundles(finally). Priced for daily, weekly or monthly unlimited access to the WhatsApp service they act in...
View ArticleHooray for Telecel’s WhatsApp bundles! Now comes Facebook & Twitter?
A few days ago Telecel launched its own WhatsApp bundles, offering discounted access to the hugely successful IM and social media platform. This move was what we had all been expecting for some time...
View ArticleEconet & Telecel say they do not throttle bandwidth for WhatsApp bundles
If you are an Econet or Telecel subscriber let’s take a minute to celebrate WhatsApp bundles. Discounted access to the platform has meant sending and receiving images, audio clips and videos; something...
View ArticleFacebook for Android app gets a performance bump
Last week social media giant Facebook issued an update to its app that has a much needed performance tweak. It’s now more lighter, more faster than ever. It goes all the way down to the detail. This...
View ArticleEconet Bundles of Joy : A bigger and better offer…for whom?
Econet Wireless recently introduced a new suite of bundles that offer voice and data at a discounted rates. The product, called Bundles of Joy, also has unlimited local SMSes for the $5, $10 and $20...
View ArticleTelecel reclaims “second biggest MNO” tag with strong subscriber numbers
Yesterday mobile network operator Telecel Zimbabwe gave oral evidence to a Parliamentary committee on Communication, Technology, Postal and Courier Services. According to a report in the Herald the...
View ArticlePOTRAZ should review and enforce regulations for the operators’ sake
Local regulation on cyber crime and telecoms services infringement is rather lax. Or at least that’s the impression we’re getting from the concerns raised by Telecel to the state legislature. It has...
View ArticleTelecash’s 600,000 subscribers means its growing almost as fast as EcoCash did
A few days ago, Telecel’s General Manager, Angeline Vere disclosed that the company’s mobile money service that was launched 5 months ago, Telecash, now has 600,000 registered subscribers. This is an...
View ArticleLatest Techzim Podcast: Digitisation, Online Ticketing, Telecel stats, Paywallet
In this episode we discuss Zimbabwe’s broadcasting digitisation project which is said to need US $173 mil, a bit about Baba Jukwa, the John Legend show and online ticketing, the payments startup...
View ArticleUnregistered SIM cards to be disconnected by 12 July 2014
The process of registering and replacing a SIM card has been changed to incorporate a more secure set of requirements that should help the regulator keep track of the identities of mobile users. New...
View ArticleMy complicated relationship with my network provider
My relationship with my network provider, Econet Wireless is rather complicated. Why complicated? Well there’s so much to be happy about when it comes to being an Econet subscriber. Then there’s the...
View ArticleLocal mobile voice call tariffs tumble
Let’s all take a minute to celebrate the sweet spot mobile subscribers are in right now. As the battle for voice call revenue among network subscribers rages on, each network has launched promotions...
View ArticleZimbabwe’s mobile penetration 106% as Econet grows to 9 million subscribers
A recent Q1 report by Zimbabwe’s telecommunications regulator, POTRAZ, says the country’s mobile penetration rate is now 106%, mowing mostly to the growth of Econet subscribers by about 4%. Econet’s...
View ArticleTelecel launches debit card
Mobile service provider Telecel has launched a debit card for its Telecash mobile financial services subscribers. Dubbed the Telecash Gold Card, it allows Telecash subscribers to make transactions on...
View ArticleUnboxing the value of the Telecash Gold Card
Yesterday Telecel Zimbabwe launched a debit card for their mobile money users called the TeleCash Gold Card.This product had been in the pipeline for a while now, with Telecel having given some...
View ArticleTelecel #TellSomeone, imitation is the greatest form of flattery
It all started with Telecel’s successful rebranding exercise in February 2012. The network operator managed to craft a tagline, “Go Ahead, TellSomeone”, that effectively combined their brand name with...
View ArticleAirtime and street vendors to pay $1 a day state levy
It’s been reported that the government is planning to step up its revenue collection efforts with a crackdown on all informal traders. This blitz will also rope in the numerous airtime vendors who have...
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