Zimbabwe: Court Orders Urgent Hearing in Telecontract-Econet Network Clash

Zimbabwe: Court Orders Urgent Hearing in Telecontract-Econet Network Clash

The High Court has ruled that a dispute between telecommunications firms Telecontract (Pvt) Ltd and Econet Wireless (Pvt) Ltd over the blocking of network traffic must be treated as urgent after Telecontract said the disruptions were causing revenue losses and threatening its business operations.

High Court says Econet 'blocking traffic' must be dealt with urgently

Telecontract states disruptions are causing revenue loss and undermining its business operations after long-standing interconnect agreement flounders in Zimbabwe Justice Joseph Chilimbe, sitting in the Commercial Division in Harare, dismssed objections by Econet and ordered the case be treated as urgent, according to this report in NewZimbabwe.com. The dispute is about an interconnection agreement, signed in 2011, under which Econet and Telecont…