The Zambia Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry-ZACCI has expressed happiness at the accelerated mobile network rollout particularly in the rural areas.
ZACCI President Geoffrey Sakulanda attributes this to the statutory instrument recently passed by government which suspends duty on taxes related to Active and Passive GSM telecommunications equipment.
Mr Sakulanda says the measure which has been introduced through the ministry of Finance and National Planning will accelerate Tele-connectivity across the entire landscape of Zambia.
He adds that the development will grow the country’s tele -communication sector further.
ZNBC
THAT IS A GREAT ACHIEVEMENT. NOW THEY HAVE TO LOOK AT HOW MUCH A PERSON SPENDS IN TWO MINUTES WHEN ON PHONE. BOTH PARTIES HAVE TO BENEFIT. FOR THEM ITS PROFIT AND WHAT ABOUT US. THIS IS ALSO A TIME TO LOOK INTO THE INTERNAT ISSUE. WHY IS IT SO EXPENSIVE IN ZAMBIA?
Thumbs up!!This will definetely reduce the cost of doing business.Intelligent zambians have already seen opportunities in the rural areas and are now repositioning their buckets of money to tap in the benefits and profits to come while PF cadres a bussy crying for more money in their pockets while they refuse to put their hands to the plough!!No wonder there will always be the haves and the have not’s.
Nafuti Nafuti.
By the way, Sata still has not told us where the ballot papers are hiden
..fantastic news.. Keep it up
MCT at work! That’s what you get when a wise man gets the right people to do the right jobs. Viva RB!!!
What is a mobile phone if you don’t have clean water and electricity?
I seriously would rather have that than a mobile phone. But, then again that is me. There are famers in the west who do not have mobile phones because there is no coverage but are a billion times richer than our brothers and sisters.
Fantastic news.
#% It is a matter of choice at least they have landlines who cares?
#5 who cares?
Good news :). Information is power.
Viva working party MMD and RB nafuti tata,ni pankoloko bika,bika ,bika etc
Good news!
True indeed. My parents are in a very rural area but i speak to them almost everyday on the MTN network. Thay have solar energy to charge their phone batteries. Excellente
MMD manifesto and the 7 point re-election campaign stresses the need to provide ” Quality infrastructure throughout ALL Zambia.” hence telecommunications is the fastest growing sector in Zambia, MMD provides thje enabling environment and legislation to do business in Zambia
This is good news and I hope by 2012 every part of Zambia will be covered.
I worked for a Mobile Telecommunications company between 2007 and February, 2011 and know for a fact that these assertions are false. I would be very interested in statistics for ZACCI to defend their claims, because quite frankly speaking they are false.
No Telecommunications company will buy and set up a BTS in an area without any revenue potential.
Lets be logical here; how else would you explain the < 5000000 total subscriber base in Zambia? And don't forget that people use multiple SIM cards as well.
Dear #16 Phiri. I think you have not understood the context of the comment made by ZACCI. Are you saying that there is no money to be made in optimizing, that increasing coverage area and bandwidth is futile in Zambia?
#16 Mobile phone subscrisption as at 30th June 2011 now stands at 5.6m. The breakdown is as follows: Airtel 3.6m; MTN 2.5m and Cell Z 0.5m. Please update your figures! Zambians you complain too much! learn to relax!
the monthly cost of a bts is something networks consider. They wont put one up if it will lose them money. Just saying . . . . . .
#17 @Brabus
I am not saying its futile; I want them to do that… I have plenty of relatives in rural areas who do not have network coverage… I was trying to show how the average Mobile Operator thinks…
You need fuel to run a BTS and so whats the point of erecting a BTS when there is no money to be made? THOSE MOBILE VEHICLES THEY TAKE TO TRADITIONAL CEREMONIES LIKE N’CHWALA IS PROOF POSITIVE THAT THERE ARE RURAL AREAS WITHOUT COVERAGE.
#18 @Musiwa Likota
Sir, I have a right to complain if Government is not doing what it promised to do; I have a right to complain… if we do not complain, how is Government going to know that things are not as they should be? My figures are from the MMD manifesto& I know its just a merely an approximation