Econet launches Connected Car service

Business Reporter
Telecommunications Company Econet Wireless has diversified into the automobile industry by launching Econet Connected Car, a fleet management service. The company said Econet Connected Car will enable users to carry out regular self-diagnosis for their car and producing reports through the Econet Services’ personal vehicle management service, which also offers services such as geo-fencing and driver habit monitoring.

Speaking at the launch of the service, Econet Services international chief executive Mr Darlington Mandivenga said that after spending years connecting people, the company is now shifting attention to connecting all aspects of people’s lifestyles, starting with their cars.

“This is the first from a very wide range of products that will offer our customers what we call connected lifestyles by ensuring that everything is connected,” said Mr Mandivenga.
He said through the range of connected lifestyles products Econet Services is offering customers an unparalleled, personal, intuitive, effortless, personal and instant ability to remote control, monitor, manage, protect and maintain their various assets.

Econet Connected Car will take fleet management services to another level with unique value-added services such as the Connected Car Mobile Application which can be downloaded from Google Play or the Apple store.

Speaking at the same event Econet Connected Car chief operating officer Mrs Dorothy Zimuto said the company will ensure that most of over 1,2 million cars in Zimbabwe will be connected within a few months.

“We have invested in the necessary infrastructure to deliver this service efficiently with over 100 installers specifically trained for the Econet Connected Car, ready to offer unparalleled installation turnaround time,” said Mrs Zimuto.

Econet said with a once off installation fee of $100 per car and only $20 monthly service fee, the Econet Connected Car is bound to disrupt the vehicle management solutions industry in the same way that EcoCash did to financial services.

Mrs Zimuto said the service is available at any Econet a shop and the many authorised Econet Connected Car dealers across the country, as well as from the Connected Car Crew.