by Rungano Dzikira

In line with Government’s call for technological advancement and need to modernise in order to achieve vision 2030, Telone has launched a National Operations Centre in the capital.

This centre serves to make network monitoring easy and seamless, as well as boost cyber security.

Unveiling the National Operations Centre (NOC), the Minister of Information Communication Technology, Courier and Postal Services, Jenfan Muswere said this centre was in line with Government’s call to modernise.

“Government’s quest for economic advancement towards vision 2030 hinges upon information communication technology (ICT) and this is one great step towards modernisation,” he said.

“This modernisation project is part of the national broadband project facilitated by Government through a ZWL$91million facility from China on a Government to Government arrangement.”

NOC serves to enhance cyber security as it monitors all gateways at all borders.

Minister Muswere applauded Telone for heeding the call by Government to provide affordable connectivity to the Zimbabwean people since bandwidth will be cheaper.

Speaking on the same occassion, Telone Infrastructure Director, Engineer Lawrance Nkala clarified that the national broadband (NBB) project was meant to bolster all components of the national network, starting with the backbone network, access network, core network and data centre.

“Telone replaced the analogue with digital infrastructure. It invested in data centres armed with secure firewalls for combating cyber security, and partnered with Google and Facebook for the two blue-chip giants to get server hosting space within Telone data centres.”

Minister Muswere pledged Government’s commitment to deliver to the people a livelihood powered by technology, as such, the new operations centre which will enhance connectivity, cheap broad width, and lessen downtime.