SWAZI MOBILE SWITCHES ON

MBABANE – The countdown has begun for Swazi Mobile to go online.

That is the message from Swazi Mobile management, who on Wednesday switched on their system, signalling that they were scheduled for their July deadline to go online commercially.
Already, they have over 25 000 subscribers who will receive their sim-cards as per the company’s strategy to gauge the market’s reaction to their product.

 As per their State of Intent, when the company was officially handed it’s operating licence, that in March its equipment would be delivered, in April have it installed, in May it will be testing, and in June have the pre-launch in preparation to go online in July, they are on schedule, according to Managing Director, Victor Gamedze.
This was during a media tour of the Swazi Mobile facilities in Mbabane, where the old Pablo’s Restaurant used to stand.

Gamedze said the tour was to sensitise the public that Swazi Mobile was only not just about talk and no action.  We are here to update you on what we promised when we launched.
Swazi Mobile made five promises, which included empowering ordinary Swazis by giving them the opportunity to own 33 per cent of its shares through the Swaziland Stock Market listing 2017.  It also promised to contribute positively to the growth of the industry. Another promise was to give back to the community and be a responsible law abiding corporate citizen.

It also promised to construct a nationwide 2G/3G/4G voice and data network that would make the nation proud and lastly, it promised to encourage small and medium size Swazi businesses to be part of the company. “We are not just about lip service. We have achieved quite a lot since we started working about a month and half ago – actually it’s been a couple of weeks. We are here to deliver and show the world that we are working,” explained Gamedze.                      

Adding, he said some people have been undermining the company and thinking that they would fail just because they were Swazis.   “They were saying, these guys will never achieve any, just wait and see. Today we are giving you at least 80 per cent of what we have done and in about three weeks, we will be testing, going online.

The company is working and it is there for anyone who still doubts. We will achieve what we set out to do.” The company explained that just because they had been quiet over the past couple of weeks, some people were starting to think that they were not doing anything and would fail in their promises. Wandile Mtshali, Swazi Mobile’s Chief Technical and Information Officer, stated that civil works started on March 22 and significant strides and high priority focus included the state of the art access control and security systems, which were installed.

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