Utande launches new WIMAX broadband service in Zim

Utande Internet Services (Pvt) limited, a subsidiary company of Dandemutande Investments a company in Zimbabwe's telecommunications industry has launched its broadband WIMAX service under the uMAX brand.

The Financial Express notes that uMax is currently available in Harare at a 95 percent coverage rate joins other broadband internet providers-who include Africom, Econet, and Spiritage's Brodacom.

The new product offers 24 hour 1 Mbps connections for all users

"Coverage is not yet good in Western areas such as Mt Pleasant," Utande Internet Services Private Limited (Utande) interim CE Mike Weeden said. He however said there was significant opportunity in the market for a new service provider, focused on delivering "true" broadband internet services.

"We have 11 base stations that were currently sharing with other network providers, but I must say it hasn't been easy especially when we dint have base stations of our own," he added.

Statistics provided by management indicate 200 selected individuals have been using uMax for the past six months on a trial basis.

Interim CEO, Michael Weeden, says, "We have had six months of a pilot phase, adding a few hundred friendly users.  This has provided us with valuable feedback on performance and how to improve our service. We are aiming for several thousand new customers within the next 12 months and ultimately 10,000 with the current network."

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