The Zimbabwean cellular operator Econet Wireless is targeting 100% network coverage in the country by 2015, up from around 74% currently and just 13% three years ago. The firm says the dollarisation of the economy, which saw the local Zimbabwe dollar replaced by the US dollar under a multi-currency system in 2009, and improving political stability have helped create a sound platform for investment in infrastructure. ‘The shift to a multi-currency economy by the minister of finance, and the creation of the national unity government opened up a world of new opportunities for Zimbabwe, and certainly for the ICT sector,’ New Zimbabwe reports Econet chief executive Douglas Mboweni as saying
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OVETEL Econet aims for 100% mobile coverage in Zimbabwe within three years
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