SECTOR 2 On-line newspapers There are numerous online newspapers run by Zimbabweans in the diaspora, with ZimOnline (news) and The Daily News (news analysis) being the most popular ones Satellite stations DSTV is available for subscription. South African and other international TV channels are accessible through free to air satellite receivers. Telephone news A new and innovative service for distributing information - Freedom Fone - was launched by the NGO Kubatana in 2009. Freedom Fone is innovative telephony software allowing individuals and organisations to offer voice menu options on any information they may want to convey. It has been designed to connect to GSM (mobile) networks and to be run using low cost and low powered equipment. The telephony based applications – audio voice menus, voice messages, SMS messages and SMS polls – are easy to manage via a user-friendly, browse based interface. Members of the public can call a certain telephone number and receive news provided by non-governmental organisations. Immediately after the launch, the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) apparently complained to the mobile phone provider Econet, that it was allowing one of its customers to ‘broadcast’ without a license. Econet responded by withdrawing service on the lines Kubatana was using for the call-in service. After a month of communication between the NGO and the provider, Econet reversed its decision and reconnected the mobile lines. In a letter to BAZ it pointed out that its activities are in fact regulated by the Post and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ) and not BAZ. Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator. 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: 32 2.1 (2008: 2.3 ; 2006:1.3) AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER ZIMBABWE 2010