Introduction
How is the communication system in Zimbabwe? Here, Broadcast media include government owns all local radio and TV stations; foreign shortwave broadcasts and satellite TV are available to those who can afford antennas and receivers; in rural areas, access to TV broadcasts is extremely limited; analog TV only, no digital service (2017). What about Telecommuication systems and Internet? Explore this article to find out more.
More about communication in Zimbabwe
Internet country code .zw
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
Total 203,461 (2020 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 1 (2020 est.)
Internet users
Total 5.6 million (2021 est.)
Percent of population 35% (2021 est.)
Telecommunication systems
General assessment Zimbabwe’s telcos continue to be affected by the country’s poor economy; this has been exacerbated by the significant economic difficulties related to the pandemic; revenue has also been under pressure from a number of recent regulatory measures and additional taxes imposed by the cash-strapped government; inflation has become so high that year-on-year revenue comparisons since 2019 have been difficult to assess meaningfully; the three MNOs continue to invest in network upgrades, partly supported by government efforts and cash released from the Universal Service Fund; as a result of these investments, LTE networks have expanded steadily, though services remain concentrated in urban areas; international bandwidth has improved since fiber links to several submarine cables were established via neighboring countries; the expansion of 3G and LTE-based mobile broadband services has meant that most of the population has access to the internet; the government has started a national broadband scheme aimed at delivering a 1Mb/s service nationally by 2030; investment in fixed broadband infrastructure has also resulted in a slow but steady growth in the number of DSL connections, and also fiber subscriptions; during 2021, most growth in the fixed broadband segment has been with fiber connections (2022)
Domestic Fixed-line teledensity is 2 per 100 and mobile-cellular is 89 per 100 (2021)
International Country code - 263; fiber-optic connections to neighboring states provide access to international networks via undersea cable; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat; 5 international digital gateway exchanges
Telephones - fixed lines
Total subscriptions 291,000 (2022 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2 (2022 est.)
Telephones - mobile cellular
Total subscriptions 14.301 million (2022 est.)
Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 88 (2022 est.)
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Zimbabwe is found in Southern Africa