HARARE: Zimbabwe has embarked on a gigantic fibre-optic project which is aimed at improving internet and mobile service capacities, an official confirmed. 17 Aug 2009 11:53
According to a Zimbabwean government minister, efforts are underway to bring information and communication technologies (ICT) to the rural areas of the country. 18 May 2009 11:08
The Zimbabwean government has announced a plan to open internet cafes in rural areas of the country, in an effort to bring the advantages of technology to remote and impoverished communities. 23 Apr 2009 11:22
[Sam Hungwe] The internet survived a slump in patronage or visibility that affected all the other media in Zimbabwe from Q4 2007 to Q4 2008, the Zimbabwe All Media Products and Services (ZAMPS) survey has revealed. 23 Mar 2009 12:18
A partnership between two government ministries in Zimbabwe will attempt to market the Southern African nation as an attractive tourist destination, using the internet as medium. 10 Mar 2009 16:26
High hopes exists that the formation of a government of national unity in Zimbabwe will revive the troubled information and communications technology sector in Zimbabwe. 2 Mar 2009 13:26
[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe's internet service providers have denounced "illegal" internet and data operators, calling on members of the public to report them to the police for prosecution. 27 Oct 2008 09:35
Has the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) finally seen the light? If developments at Econet Wireless are anything to go by, VoIP is now legal in Zimbabwe. Or is it? 3 Oct 2008 11:44
The Zimbabwe Internet Report (aka Zi.Report - pronounced Zy as in why) is an initiative from recently formed online media group, Aripano Infinity, that aims to keep track of events and innovations that have a Zimbabwean slant on the internet. 1 Sep 2008 09:46
[Dumisani Ndlela] Freedom is in the air, and change is already being commemorated by Zimbabwe's urbanites on the phones. All through Harare's forbidding streets, littered with police, people walk with cellphones, discussing delayed results from the March 29 elections. Moreover, the rumour-mill is busy, particularly with stories over the presidential election. 4 Apr 2008 12:01
[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe's Advertising Publicity Club is organising its annual competition for the advertising industry, despite a dearth of new campaigns due to an economic crisis that has stunted growth and limited new advertising campaigns in a once vibrant sector. 11 Jan 2008 07:04
[Torby Chimhashu] Zimbabwe's state-run radio stations are now streaming live on the Internet, just months after state television also launched on JumpTV – a Dubai-based distributor of live international television and sports programmes over the Internet. 31 Oct 2007 11:17
[Dumisani Ndlela] The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Potraz) has failed to come up with regulations to govern Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), raising fears this could be a deliberate attempt to protect state-owned telephone operator, TelOne, whose fortunes have crumbled since the advent of the mobile networks 10 years ago. 18 Sep 2007 12:56