Zambia Telecommunication (ZAMTEL) has disclosed that Sinazongwe district telephone lines will be digitalised in the third phase. ZAMTEL Area Manager for Choma Ivine Sichizya said their engineers were working on improving the old system of telephone lines which is analogy.
Mr. Sichizya reaffirmed that the telephone lines in Sinazongwe has been experiencing breakdowns because it was not compatible with the digital telephone lines in Choma.
At t the moment ZAMTEL has completed the phase two programme of digitalising the telephone lines and would then enter into phase three which Mr Sichizya said Sinazongwe will be included.
“At the moment our engineers are on the ground to try and improve the analogy telephone lines and to find a better way of linking Sinazongwe to our Mwembeshi Satellite and improving it using the same old existing analogy system.â€
The manager said the internet connection that the Sinazongwe residents have been calling for would still be too slow since the system will be analogy.
“I think at the moment we have to wait until the installations are done that is when we can determine anything,†Mr Sichizya.
Asked on when the phase three would commence since Sinazongwe and Namwala are the only districts remaining to be digitalised in Southern Province Mr. Sichizya failed to give a definite period and only disclosed that plans are under way.
ZAMTEL in Sinazongwe is still using analogy system which is an outdated mode of communication in this modern era as it is susceptible to break down and is not conducive for hooking to the internet.
The ZAMTEL workers in Sinazongwe spend most of their time on repairing faults than opening up new lines as most people would prefer using the cell phone than connecting to the land phone.
