Tel Communications remains confident in its competitive edge, despite the recent launch of Starlink in Zimbabwe.
Acting Managing Director Willard Nyagwande assured journalists that the company can match the speed and affordability of the global satellite internet giant.
According to ZTo bolster its position, PowerTel has allocated $10 million to enhance its services and stay ahead in the market.
“The speed for Starlink goes up to 250 Mbps; it’s not a secret, ours can go up to Gigabit per second,” he said.
“We can bring Starlink and our fibre here and do the test today, ours is faster.
“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.”
The service provider is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) and holds a Class ‘A’ Internet Access Provider license from the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ). The company manages an optic fibre backbone network, an optic fibre distribution network, and optical fibre and wireless access networks.
