A Google Map of ZOL Wi-Fi Hotspots in Harare
We thought we'd do a map of all the Wi-Fi hotspots in Zimbabwe to help people locate the nearest hotspot from any location. We started with the ISP that has a good number of them dotted across the...
View ArticleTelecontract ‘Illegally’ Disconnects 200 Zimbabwe Online’s Broadband Customers
We’ve been hearing rumours over the past week that Telecontract was threatening to disconnect all ZOL clients if ZOL didn’t let them bill customers directly. The rumour was confirmed yesterday when ZOL...
View ArticleZOL Moving Disconnected Customers To Africom
Since ZOL came out with the story about its fallout with last-mile network provider Telecontract, we’ve been trying to get more details about the issue from the two. It hasn’t been easy. The...
View ArticleExclusive Interview with ZOL CEO, David Behr Over Telco Disconnections
So, today we finally got a chance to talk to the David Behr, the ZOL CEO. Below is the full text of the 1 on 1 interview we had with him this afternoon. He basically explains more on the dispute...
View ArticleExclusive Interview with Telecontract CEO, Shadreck Nkala Over ZOL...
Two days ago we posted an exclusive interview we had with the ZOL CEO David Behr over the broadband disconnections we posted here on Monday. David Behr revealed some interesting aspects to the story....
View ArticleA Message To ZOL And Telecontract: It Didn’t Have To Come To This
The last two weeks have been a nightmare for some 200 Zimbabwe Online (ZOL) customers. On 25 March 2010, a ZOL last mile connection provider, Telecontract, switched off the customers because of a...
View ArticleZOL Issues An Update On Disconnections, Warns All Telco Customers About...
We just got another press statement that ZOL has issued on the Telco/ZOL disconnections for publication tomorrow . We’ve uploaded the press statement here, since the ZOL PR page on this issue hasn’t...
View ArticleWeekly Roundup – 10 April 2010
TelOne, Telkom Talks The Herald on Thursday continued with the TelOne/Telkom story that’s been appearing now and again for a while now. This time TelOne spokesperson Mr Collin Wilbes, just confirmed...
View ArticleNew Twist to ZOL/Telecontract Dispute: Telco Threatens To Sue
After the successful transfer of the 200 disconnected customers to Africom last week, we concluded in our weekly round-up, that the ZOL/Telco dispute was finally (and thankfully) over. We were wrong.
View ArticleUpdate on Zimbabwe’s Broken Sites: Still Broken
Last year we posted an article titled “Zimbabwe’s Broken Websites: Telecoms Operators”. The article basically pointed out some glaring omissions and commissions on the websites of some of the biggest...
View ArticleSomeone Just Pushed The Wrong Button On The ZOL Site
If you’ve visited the Zimbabwe Online (ZOL) homepage in the last 3 hours or so, you probably noticed something glaringly wrong with it; the website is showing stuff in 2s. There’s a double side menu,...
View ArticleBotswana Fibre Optic Breaks, Affects Zim ISPs
Yesterday, the Botswana fibre optic cable that supplies wholesale International bandwidth to Powertel (a state owned Internet provider) broke. The cable damage was on a section in an area outside...
View ArticleZOL Launches ZOLife Magazine
Zimbabwe Leading Internet Service Provider ZOL launched a new magazine yesterday on the sidelines of the ICT Africa 2010. The magazine is run online as a blog at www.zolife.co.zw and also has a free...
View ArticleLow Turnout at This Year’s ICT Africa Exhibition
Compared to previous editions of the ICT Africa exhibition, this year’s event saw a remarkable decline in attendance. Visitors to the exhibition park in Harare were so few the place looked empty most...
View ArticleEmbracing Social Media as a Business Tool: ZOL on Facebook, Twitter
Last week Zimbabwe Online, one of Zimbabwe’s largest internet providers, launched ZOLife an Internet and paper magazine offering information and tips about the Internet. Stuff like how to choose a good...
View ArticleTelecontract and ZOL Fighting Again
If you were in Zimbabwe in early April this year, you probably remember the nasty fallout between ZOL and Telecontract. The one that caused untold misery to over 200 ZOL customers who went for about...
View ArticleFull Text of ZOL Press Statement on “Potraz accused of inaction”
Below is the full text of ZOL's press statement we got hold of earlier today. The statement is in response to the article published in the Sunday Mail of 10 October 2010, titled "POTRAZ Accused of...
View ArticleNo Real Broadband Yet In Zimbabwe
As the editor of an online magazine that is updated several times a day, the Internet is a critical tool for my team and I. Also, as a member of a web development team doing critical updates and...
View ArticleWhen PowerTel’s Backbone Breaks, Zimbabwe’s Internet Grounds To A Halt
The PowerTel fibre internet backbone broke this morning. This backbone carries most of Zimbabwe’s traffic so when it goes down, it’s a really big deal. Service Providers are forced to reroute traffic...
View ArticleZOL and Yo Africa announce strategic alliance
Today, ZOL and Yo Africa, two of Zimbabwe’s biggest ISPs have announced that they have entered a “strategic alliance” in which the two ISPs will combine some operating resources to lower the costs of...
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