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PowerTel Pledges To Offer Faster Internet Speeds And Better Prices Than Starlink

6 months agoThu, 26 Sep 2024 08:26:40 GMT

PowerTel Pledges To Offer Faster Internet Speeds And Better Prices Than Starlink

PowerTel Communications is unfazed by the recent launch of Starlink in Zimbabwe and can compete with Starlink’s speeds and affordability.

This was said by Acting Managing Director Willard Nyagwande during a connectivity products briefing in Harare recently.

Nyagwande said that PowerTel has allocated US$10 million to improve the service and give it a much-needed competitive advantage. He said (via ZimLive):

The speed for Starlink goes up to 250 Mbps; it’s not a secret, ours can go up to Gigabit per second.
We can bring Starlink and our fibre here and do the test today, ours is faster.
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Why would you invest in other technologies that are not all weather friendly?
I want you to be loyal to the most dependable technologies.
We also use the satellite and LEO, LTE, 5G Wireless radio technology to transmit and also fibre which is our primary technology using ZESA pylons which are dotted all over Zimbabwe.
Our clientele is the corporate world, the retail market and our drive called urban and rural datafication.
I want Zimbabweans to understand that our strategy is to give universal access to data as well as electricity.

Nyagwande also revealed that a 200km of ZESA and PowerTel line has been connected to Bikita Minerals.

About six months ago, PowerTel announced it was pursuing domestic and international partners for a new optical ground wire (OPGW) project aimed at improving internet connectivity.

A wholly-owned subsidiary of the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA), PowerTel is licenced by the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) as a Class ‘A’ Internet Access Provider.

The company operates a comprehensive optic fibre backbone network, along with distribution and access networks that include both fibre and wireless technologies.

Experts suggest that fibre internet generally offers faster speeds than Starlink, with lower costs for fibre plans. However, its availability can be more limited.

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29 Comments

zesa · 6 months ago

we have power over whole country tinoita zvatinoda ne magetsi kana internet inoda magetsi

baba jukwa · 6 months ago

powertel you are little known, your services are there for the rich kuno kumaruwa we have never seen such name and we wish to use you so called superior network. but l think that will take a very long time so let starlink work while you try to bypass them

osy · 5 months ago

strue ..

jivaschihwehwete@gmail.com · 6 months ago

For now regai timbo zama starlink. Powertel itai yamanga muri kuita.

Anonymous · 6 months ago

I went to Zesa yesterday and today to buy electricity, but PowerTel wasnt working for the last 3 days!!!!. Good luck.

Anonymous · 6 months ago

Today, Friday, it is still not working and they dont have a clue when it will be back on line. Lies and propoganda all the time.

Do4 · 6 months ago

garai nemahigh speeds enyu,garai nedata renyu rakachipa,nguva yese iyi mangamuchitibira now comes a legit player moda kuzviita vanhu kwavo,tisiyei timbotamba nevanoda kuramba nesu zvrijenuini.makadii kutichipisira makore ese aya.starlink came coz they saw how u have been cheating us.

Voltaire · 6 months ago

Aizve ko ve Powertel vapenyu,,,Starlink yakanaka shuwa nana Powertel vakuda kuchangamuka nhema. Internet yenyu inongobata mu CBD chete haisviki ku ghetto, tisiyei tiende ku Starlink inotipa Internet nyangwe tiri kwa Manoti kana kuti kwa Jiri

@Man to Man · 6 months ago

Honey I need some litte help of Fund from you to be able to clear my Containers containg pieces of Gold Dust which I have at the Port. Which I can sell on the market to earn more money. But it has been seized onless I pay some duty fees before I can have my containers Cleared which really hurts me cos I don't know what to do. dear. Market has been bad and this the only way I can survive through by clearing the containers so l can get to sell the Things shipped to me. babe Please can you help. I have applied for **** at my bank but this seem so slow and don't know what to do. No one there to help me out.

pricing? · 6 months ago

whats your price for 100Mbps unlimited, with NO FUP/throttling for home users per month?

chibabe cheZano🫄🫃🤰 · 6 months ago

Haa zanu pf ndoida asi inozonyebawo mhani haaa..tsvee zvemagetsi tande ne internet..zvasiyanei nematununu anot ED 2030 kuita seku mumusangano wedu hauna vamwe vanogona kuita ma President plus constitution inotaura kuti 2 terms... musangano wedu touda asi uzere ma dunderheads

🇿🇼APPAH AGLM🇿🇼 · 6 months ago

asi wane n humbu hr

Powerless powertel. · 6 months ago

uri dununu..kuno ku lupane iripi powerless powertale? mu next door wangu bought starlink nezuro.. makangofanana ne ZESA,ZANU,ZINWA,Zinangarwa zvese zvakaora

Robert moyo · 6 months ago

what goes up goes down forward with starlink where we're you all song power tell you we're only concentrating in stealing people's money.

Russian · 6 months ago

kkkk

shurushuru · 6 months ago

powertel is simply advertising for starlink unknowingly 😆 😂 😆

👀👀 · 6 months ago

but vakawanda vakaita competition kana iyo kit ye Starlink munoona inochipa,like in SA there's a lot of competition saka muchiona data richichipa,&a lot of promotions

👀 · 6 months ago

Vaimbovepi iyo zesa handiti ndiyo yagara iripo magetsi avo achinetsa votaura zveInternet nhasi nekuti Starlink yauya. nxaaa

...,. · 6 months ago

there is no need to campaign against a new player when you have never been serious with your products and services, maybe due to direction by government. people are turning to the new provider because you have neglected them and failed to provide. even the way some of your fibre is run on wooden poles in busy industrial areas and bushes leaves a lot to be desired, an example being the amateurish setup near Southerton police which was down for many days after the forest fire which burnt down your poles. looking at the new provider's clientele, none of them need a gigabit connection as they are the end users, unlike you who needs the gigabit network for resell.just leave it to the customers to judge in a few months time. talking is different to doing.

Anonymous · 6 months ago

Exactly. Why only give Zimbabweans a competitive product after someone comes to the market? At a quarter of the price. Why show you loyalty while you have been punishing Zimbabweans with high prices for years.

👀👀 · 6 months ago

but une point

👀👀 · 6 months ago

une point there

Noob · 6 months ago

Who needs a gigabyte of speed to handle small task - Starlink will do for me. & for most citizens. You're now scared just like ...

Noob · 6 months ago

You can beat Starlink speeds coz you've got 20 customers using yr service in the WHOLE OF HARARE. 😂😂😂😂.I don't even know 1 person who's connected to Powertel in my hood or anyone who use a CDMA PHONE. HUMBLE YOURSELF 😂😂😂

ttrruummpp · 6 months ago

cheapest package yePowertel imarii futi vanokwanisa here kundiconnecter kuno kuNdolwane (Bulilima District)

chief · 6 months ago

Kkkkk nguva yese manga murikupi mbavha dzevanhu

Maikoro Jekiseni · 6 months ago

NONSENSE Starlink is affordable and accessible countrywide you suck powertel