TEL•ONE Whatever your communication needs are, Zimbabwe’s leading multimedia telecommunications company Tel·One has the solution.
Tel·One is a key player in the national ICT industry, whose backbone provides the main backbone network on which other players ride. In terms of infrastructure, Tel·One owns a wide range of telecommunications equipment; varying from various exchanges located in strategic areas, optical fibre networks, radio network systems plus a wide range of high-tech networks including a satellite base station located in Mazowe. Besides the provision of telecommunication services, Tel·One has a factory located in Msasa Industrial Park that manufactures and repairs various telecommunications equipment and supporting mechanical equipment. The factory’s main role has been to provide maintenance support to the entire infrastructure. Tel•One also runs the internationally acclaimed Centre for Learning, a training college that offers Certificate and Diploma studies in Telecommunications and Information Communication Technology. OUR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES: DIAL•ONE This is Zimbabwe’s largest fixed telephone
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service; it is a voice service offered on postpaid platform over wire-line or Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) wireless local loop. Our network coverage extends to most parts of the nation, reaching even the most remote and distant corners of the country. This is why customers of all types (residential and business) have access to a telephone. Value-added services such as toll free, conference calling, call diversion and forwarding are available for Dial•One subscribers. DATA•ONE Data•One is Tel•One’s data transfer service which offers real-time solutions at high bandwidth to ensure trouble-free operations for customers. Services include Virtual Private Networks (VPN) and International Private Leased Lines. Virtual Private Network A VPN is a secure way of connecting to a private Local Area Network (LAN) at a remote location, using the Internet or public network to transport the network data packets privately, using encryption. The VPN uses authentication to deny access
to unauthorised users, and encryption to prevent unauthorised users from reading the private network packets. In other words this secures a client’s network against network attacks. It can be used to send any kind of network traffic securely, including voice, video or data. International Private Leased Line (IPLCs) These are point-to-point circuits which are secured and exclusive to the user connecting to any destination anywhere in the world. IPLCs function as point-to-point private lines and are ideal for companies that have high volumes of data traffic and/or which need high security in the transfer of confidential information. Leased Lines A leased line is a service contract between Tel·One and a customer whereby Tel·One agrees to deliver a symmetric telecommunications line connecting two or more locations. Typical customers include: Mobile operators for transmission capacity, Internet Access Providers (IAPs) for transmission capacity, Banks, mines, retail shops, government departments such as the Registrar General, ZRP, ZIMRA, etc.