Econet Wireless Zimbabwe, the country’s biggest mobile operator, has launched new ‘Smart-Suite’ Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) data packages, made up of six plans to meet the data needs of its customers.
The packages range from the ‘SmartLite’ plan, offering 50GB of data (best for light users) and retailing for $30, to ‘SmartPro’, offering 800GB of data (ideal for established SMEs) and retailing at $170.
In between are ‘SmartPlus’, offering 75GB at $40 (targeting families); ‘SmartMax’, offering 100GB at $50 (ideal for bigger homes and freelancers); ‘SmartFlex’, offering 200GB at $70 (tailored for flexible scaling and small offices) and ‘SmartUltra’, offering 400GB at $99 (suitable for heavy, multi-users and SMEs).
The packages are geo-locked to each customer’s location and can only be used with a 4G or 5G CPE router. Geo-locking – a term used to describe the restriction of access to a product or service to a specific geographical location – ensures customers get the best possible usage experience while enabling service providers like telcos and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to ringfence critical resources such as bandwidth, making certain they are used by the intended users.
Routers will be sold in Econet shops starting at US$48. However, a customer is free to use any compatible devices bought elsewhere.
Customers registered to the old SmartBiz service and who already have a CPE, can dial *143, choose a package of their choice and credit their new SmartSuite package.
With data demand rising, the company has been expanding its network. It now has 300 5G base stations across major cities and towns, in addition to its wide 4G network.
The new products follow a notice Econet sent to customers last month, signaling enhancements to its data bundles to offer more choice and flexibility. The mobile operator still offers a variety of mobile data packages for use on.
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