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Once, Telecel was the Zimbabwe's second largest mobile phone operator. Now, the company is going under Corporate Rescue. A notice today says: “The Corporate Rescue process is designed to rehabilitate the company and does not signify an intention to liquidate.” The company has suffered years of under-investment due to shareholder disputes that led to government taking a controversial 60% stake in the company, via state firm Zarnet. Telecel's fall, by the numbers: · Telecel has just 319,548 subscribers, less than 2% market share, in a sector dominated by leading operator Econet (73%) · The company carries just 0.02% of voice calls, compared to Econet (87.61%) and NetOne (12.3%). It has just 0.16% of the internet traffic. · Telecel has 17 LTE base stations (compared to Econet’s 1,700). The company has zero 5G sites
ZANU PF has become the official opposition to ZANU PF. To the official but ZANU-RISED CCC, my words to you are few but deeply vulgar. Whatever vulgar words came to your mind, treat those as my words to you. In the meantime, NO to CAB3
The biggest reason I cannot work in an untyped language is because the first thing I do when trying to understand a piece of code is to understand the type of the variables in scope, and if I can’t do that confidently everything else fails.
Starting February, 2027, all smartphones sold in the EU must have batteries that users can replace themselves, using basic tools at home. Replacement batteries also have to stay available for at least 5 years after a product’s last sale, and software locks that prevent third party repairs will be banned.
