her. It is currently available only in South Africa and Mauritius.
“Econet has ordered equipment from Swedish manufacturer Ericsson for an initial capacity of 50,000 lines for the service that will be targeted at the high-end market, comprising mostly business executives, professionals and senior government officials,” the company said in a statement.
These would be in addition to another 300,000 lines for normal cellular service the company plans to release from next month under a US$20 million expansion program to increase network capacity to 800,000 from 500,000 by year end. – Staff reporter
21.9.2006
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Econet goes 3G
HARARE - Econet, Zimbabwe's largest mobile network operator will soon launch third generation (3G) cellular services, becoming only the third country in Africa to offer such technology.
The service offers high-speed data transmission and allows callers to see real-time video images of each ot