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Starlink Launches in Zimbabwe

4 months agoFri, 06 Sep 2024 23:09:12 GMT
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Starlink Launches in Zimbabwe

Starlink has now launched in Zimbabwe. The satellite internet company’s global availability map was updated on Friday night to show that its service is now live in Zimbabwe.

Zimbabweans can now buy the service directly from Starlink on its website, or from local authorised resellers in the country.

The internet service’s availability in Zimbabwe was awaited for months owing to the expensive internet prices in the country by established providers. Zimbabwe’s launch follows hard on the heels of the Botswana launch earlier in the week.

Starlink Prices in Zimbabwe

The Starlink website shows that the standard kit can be bought for US $350. The Starlink Mini kit can be bought for $200.

The monthly subscription for the service is $50 for the basic residential unlimited data package. For the Starlink mini package, the monthly subscription is US $30 a month.

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The local Authorised partner that has been announced so far in Zimbabwe is a company called Frampol.

How Starlink works

Starlink uses a satellite system to provide internet. When you buy the kit, you install it by pointing its dish to the sky the same way a DStv dish is installed. Because it uses satellites, like DStv it can be installed at any location where there is a clear view of the sky.

The monthly internet subscriptions for Starlink can be made online using a prepaid Visa or Mastercard debit card in Zimbabwe. Payment can also be made to local Starlink authorised resellers.

The service has unlimited data, which means that once the subscription of $50 has been paid, one can use as much internet as they want. This makes it ideal for families, small businesses, schools, mines, farms, and tourism destinations in remote places where network coverage has traditionally been a challenge.

Competing Services from other internet providers

Established internet providers in Zimbabwe have in recent months revised their prices and packages in anticipation of the Starlink launch.

Econet, the largest mobile internet provider in the country, now has an LTE unlimited data service for $45 a month. Utande, Liquid, TelOne, Powertel, and Telco have also introduced promotional packages to prepare for the touch competition.

It is however ultimately difficult for established providers to compete due to Starlink’s satellite infrastructure giving it global network coverage anywhere a customer may be. 

Liquid and TelOne have announced that they are working on offering their own satellite powered internet services in the future.

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59 Comments

@double 6💪 · 4 months ago
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Black-Scorpion · 4 months ago
On my way to open an internet Cafe; $1 per 2 hrs. kutora mari baba this season
Bateleur PMC · 4 months ago
You now needs a license to operate an internet cafe. The license is issued only 4 times a year
Anonymous · 4 months ago
What % is the corruption levy imposed on Starlink..
josphat · 4 months ago
Guys saka vanhu veku America ndozvavanoita pa nyaya dze data here??
Unknown · 4 months ago
Dude, America and Europe are different when it comes to data. Very few need star link. We get mobile phone contracts between 1-3 yrs with unlimited data and new handset.
josphat · 4 months ago
okay thank you for the clarification
👀👀 · 4 months ago
zvinondirwadza cy kt ma networks mazhinji eku SA ane unlimited data,ini ndoshandisa MTN, kana ndiri ikoko ,pa 20 rand unoita madiro ese,kuma social media platforms ese kusvika moyo wamira,svondo rese,Zim soo,kushayawo 1 chatooyemura
josphat · 4 months ago
ndopanobva hu Billionaire hwa Strive kaa ipapo kuomesa zvinhu
ha · 4 months ago
true ndopanobva hu billionaire
@ josphat · 4 months ago
Musafunga kuti Mari yose inoenda KuEconet kune bere rinonzi POTRAZ
Egypt Dzinemunenzva. · 4 months ago
taura zvako ndakarwadziwa kuti paevery dollar Potraz inotora 40 cents
ha · 4 months ago
yes protaz takes money most people are aware of that . but still there was a lot of overcharging going around. you tell me kuti econet was not capable of providing unlimited data plans for those who needed them, like mtn waida iroro reku pimirana kunge matomatoes .where they know that you will come back and spend more
@Vhedza · 4 months ago
Ndomabusiness ethics emunyika ino isu tongotarisa.
xps · 4 months ago
@Egypt ,at the end of the day the person who is paying potraz that 40 % is you the consumer not econet. Econet just passes along those charges to you the consumer. econet wasn't giving unlimited data not becoz of the potraz 40%, but mostly because they wanted to make crazy money for themselves
Chibaba · 4 months ago
This Starlink inongoda muchishandisa se family not individual
👀👀 · 4 months ago
l think even uine ka small business kanoda data rakawanda,coz mari irikutaurwa apo yakawanda,
🏃Chi baby Che Zanu 🌊 · 4 months ago
econet telecel netone telone mam@m@ maionererwa kwazvo muchidhurisa manje zvadirwa jecha hi
josphat · 4 months ago
taura zvako data re month lasts 1 week
Anonymous · 4 months ago
Taura hako.
nust · 4 months ago
may I ask guys starlink anenge ari ma bundles here?
. · 4 months ago
unlimited
Leo · 4 months ago
Unlimited data.. Wambonzwa sei
DJ · 4 months ago
aiwa unongobhadhara sezvinoitwa ku dstv kana uine kit racho then woita wifi on pa4n chatochaya ini kuno irikutorova zvakaipa
Tkt · 4 months ago
Yesaya haa zvaita manje apa Instead of buying data bundles for 15us 15Gig NetOne for 4 people, I better go for this option Worse team rese iri rinenge riri paden
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bk 85 · 4 months ago
problem irimu Zim standard kit irikunzi 350$ uchanzwa yakunzi 500$ nevanonga vachitengesa wacho saka zvichangoti dhurirara fti
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Egypt Dzinemunenzva. · 4 months ago
apa 350 yacho yakatowandisa zvayo
Tkt · 4 months ago
Baba, price iyoyo haichinje wanzwa hr You wanna buy it go buy with that amount
Anonymous · 4 months ago
Maverenga zvakanaka here Baba, hanzi you can buy it directly on the Starlink website at 350 usd... Kana wakuendawo hako kuvakomana ve 500 yayekwako
bk 85 · 4 months ago
Taverenga zvakanaka ngatimboone muchazonzwisisa zvandiri kutaura pamberi apo
Anonymous · 4 months ago
Big up to son of Mutsvanga had he not started his illegal we would be still crying
Egypt Dzinemunenzva. · 4 months ago
under the current zim $350 imari refu zvayo pachinebasa apo and Farmpol icompany ipi yemujaya Chivharo zvakaramba here
Egypt Dzinemunenzva. · 4 months ago
econet ingoisai unlimited data pa30 mari mutore mari yose
Leo · 4 months ago
Haaa panetwork econet ndipo inozodyirwa bonzo nezvainomboita zviya
xyz · 4 months ago
yes ingangoita se yakawanda that is kana tisiri business minded like vakawanda vedu vanongotevera maKkkk paSocial media. Such facilities anodawo kuitiswa kaIncome generating platform if not for studies..... 🤔 I buy my set for 350 & make my 10 neighbors pay @$10 per month ndowana 50 yangu muhomwe. Profit inobuda chete
#@$ · 4 months ago
The greatest development of the century, thanks to ED.
Anonymous · 4 months ago
Rubbish. They were coming whether ED was there or not.
Anonymous · 4 months ago
**** yako na ED wako
Fenwick Jeffery · 4 months ago
What did ED have to do with it besides nothing !
Mr JP van · 4 months ago
ko papindula vanhu vakanzi vashandise manickname here?
. · 4 months ago
urikubvunza ani
Corruptmore Looto · 4 months ago
Haa uko ndokupedzera maSports manje, ndine unlimited data kuUzumba Maramba Kufunga zvangu 😅😅
. · 4 months ago
some of us are here on pindula for the news and meaningful comments so spare us your nonsense mu comment section get a life kana musina zvekuita diridzai garden nxaaaaa
Saucy Pervet 🍑 · 4 months ago
Ahhh🤗✨Best news I’ve heard in a while!
Erudite · 4 months ago
I am Erudite, not Edurite....the imposter is caught naked !! Erudite out......
Patz · 4 months ago
So he is not an imposter coz Erudite and Edurite are 2 different names
Erudite · 4 months ago
What if the writer name is Edurite not Erudite.Erudite is an English word hausi iwe wakarigadzira everyone is free to use it
Nas · 4 months ago
English yega inonyorwa inongotiudza @Erudite inototarisa mu dictionary
Rue 🤰 · 4 months ago
@Edurite, pliz siyana neka emoji kangu aka 🤰. Respect women pliz
unknown · 4 months ago
Cant wait to purchase mine
Edurite · 4 months ago
@unknown, what makes you think you can afford starlink services yet you have never purchased a 370MB data bundle in your lifetime which is sold for a paltry amount of ZiG16 at Econet. The availabity of Starlink in Zimbabwe makes no difference for a poor man/ woman like you. Ingo shinga zvako nePindula yemahara chamhamha. 🤰
unknown · 4 months ago
U know nothing about me and what I can or can't afford.
Faraii. · 4 months ago
Usati mumhuwese cannot afford just because you cannot afford. Because starlink is cheaper than Econet is why . Econet line ranguu ndakatenga 2008 $350, StarLink is $350 -$200 so it means people can afford the kit if they save, their cell phone probably costed the same. Econet $38 you get 25Gig WiFi bundle, StarLink you get $30 fast, reliable unlimited Internet zvekuti Zig16 dzawati unowana 370mb ne Econet, StarLink paZig16 unoshandisa 370Gig if you can use it. So StarLink is cheap. At $30 a month for starlink mini that is $1 a day for unlimited Internet and is affordable for Zimbabwe.
me · 4 months ago
True. Because if a small family can’t afford to pay for Dstv compact don’t expect to pay for starlink. Simple as that
Anonymous · 4 months ago
All this excitement. You might think Starlink is a free service. This is like people in Dotito celebrating that a McDonalds restaurant has been opened in Mt Hampden smart city.

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