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Zain launches sim-operated payphone
Zain Malawi has launched a sim-operated payphone which its managing director, Fayaz King, has hailed as "everything a mobile phone is, without being mobile".
25 Aug 2009
Government has also commended the Equatel GS-300 series payphones.
“This will enhance rural telecommunication as it does not even require electricity to be used,” said Information and Civic Education Minister Leckford Thotho.
He said this phone is ideal for under-served regions because it offers the benefit of a mobile phone besides allowing the subscriber to make and receive calls without the need of a personal handset.
King said the company would mount these phones at every corner of the country.
“The beauty with this new product is that you can also send SMS,” he said.
About Gregory Gondwe
Gregory Gondwe is a Malawian journalist who started writing in 1993. He is also a media consultant assisting several international journalists pursuing assignments in Malawi. He holds a Diploma and an Intermediate Certificate in Journalism among other media-related certificates. He can be contacted on moc.liamg@ewdnogyrogerg. Follow him on Twitter at @Kalipochi.