To spur Internet and mobile phone connectivity throughout the country, the Zambian government has announced an initiative to build telecom infrastructure, something the government has been considering for some time.
The Zambian government says it will spend $65 million to erect new mobile towers across the country to be used by the country’s three mobile operators.
Zambia has just over 10 million mobile phone subscribers and about six million people using mobile phones to access the Internet.
“Once implemented, the project will reduce the problems of telephone and Internet connectivity in the country,” said Zambian President Edgar Lungu.
China’s Huawei Technologies has won the bid to construct the towers. The towers will be constructed under the supervision of the Zambia Information and Communication Technology Authority (ZICTA), the country’s telecom sector regulator.
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