NetOne said service on its mobile
services have been restored to cyclone his areas around the country. NetOne has
managed to bring up 24 out of its 27 base stations in Chimanimani and Chipinge
that were destroyed by Cyclone Idai.
NetOne has been failing to reach
some of the base stations due to the damage of access roads.
Speaking to the Herald, NetOne head
of public relations, Dr Elderette Shereni, said they have worked hard to
restore communication.
“We had a total of about 27 base
stations and we managed to bring almost all of them after they were destroyed
by the cyclone. There are only three that were down when I checked this week,”
she said.
So far NetOne had restored 24 base stations
out of 27 in the affected areas.
“The other three base stations are
still down because the roads are still inaccessible. We have had a lot of help
from the logistics team on the ground in terms of trying to assist our team to
get on site to refuel generators because some of the power lines were also
affected, a lot of them are running on generators,” Shereni Added.
Disaster relief centres have been
set up in Chimanimani and Chipinge, and there has been a big rush for financial
help in cyclone affected areas.
