Ministry Plans to Link South Sudan with Fiber Optics Network
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Elisabeth Janaina
Nov 26, 2012, 12:06:26 AM11/26/12
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Ministry Plans to Link South Sudan with Fiber Optics Network
In order to improve information technology penetration and reduce
connectivity prices, the National Telecommunications Minister Madut
Biar Yel has said that the ministry is in discussion with the UN
mission to support the South Sudan government set up its fiber optic
network in the country.
26 November 2012
Fiber optic connection would half the prices of international
communications and greatly improve connectivity speeds. [Gurtong |
File]
By Peter Lokale Nakimangole
TORIT, 26 November 2012 [Gurtong] – After a meeting with the head of
the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), Hilde Johnson, the
minister says that the mission is ready to support connecting the
county to the outside world using the fiber optic cables.
Including recommendations to configure the +211 code for network
operators all over the world in order to have easy international
calls, the two leaders revealed they discussed ways aim to enhance
telecommunications in South Sudan and with foreign countries.
The minister commended the UN efforts to help support the country
with convenient means of communication which will connect South Sudan
with the neighbouring countries using the cable.
The minister said the fiber-optic connection would half the prices of
international communications and greatly improve connectivity once it
materializes.
Ms. Johnson commented that improving telecommunications in South
Sudan is one of the central tasks for UNMISS.
South Sudan has been working on plans to lay a fibre optic link
seeking to cut its high Internet costs.
In previous months, South Sudan’s Juba and Eritrea’s Asmara were
reported to have been the only two African capitals without plans to
introduce international fibre links.
Observers have noted that its three mobile operators; MTN, Vivacell
and Zain, and its Internet Services Providers (ISP) presently use
expensive satellite connectivitycopsting more than US$ 30,000 each
month.
In late August this year, the Undersecretary at the Ministry of
Telecommunications and Postal Services, Mr. Juma Stephen Lugga
announced that the Government was looking for ways to assemble three
fibre routes to Juba from Kenya’s Mombasa via Lokichoggio; from
Tanzania via Uganda to the border at Nimule and from Djibouti via
Ethiopia’s Gambella.
He said the government will fund the building of a microwave link at
a cost of $10 million, after which the fibre routes will be put in
place.
The World Bank and African Development Bank have engaged in
discussions with the ministry regarding offering a considerable grant
for both national and international fibre links.
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In order to improve information technology penetration and reduce
connectivity prices, the National Telecommunications Minister Madut
Biar Yel has said that the ministry is in discussion with the UN
mission to support the South Sudan government set up its fiber optic
network in the country.
26 November 2012
Fiber optic connection would half the prices of international
communications and greatly improve connectivity speeds. [Gurtong |
File]
By Peter Lokale Nakimangole
TORIT, 26 November 2012 [Gurtong] – After a meeting with the head of
the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), Hilde Johnson, the
minister says that the mission is ready to support connecting the
county to the outside world using the fiber optic cables.
Including recommendations to configure the +211 code for network
operators all over the world in order to have easy international
calls, the two leaders revealed they discussed ways aim to enhance
telecommunications in South Sudan and with foreign countries.
The minister commended the UN efforts to help support the country
with convenient means of communication which will connect South Sudan
with the neighbouring countries using the cable.
The minister said the fiber-optic connection would half the prices of
international communications and greatly improve connectivity once it
materializes.
Ms. Johnson commented that improving telecommunications in South
Sudan is one of the central tasks for UNMISS.
South Sudan has been working on plans to lay a fibre optic link
seeking to cut its high Internet costs.
In previous months, South Sudan’s Juba and Eritrea’s Asmara were
reported to have been the only two African capitals without plans to
introduce international fibre links.
Observers have noted that its three mobile operators; MTN, Vivacell
and Zain, and its Internet Services Providers (ISP) presently use
expensive satellite connectivitycopsting more than US$ 30,000 each
month.
In late August this year, the Undersecretary at the Ministry of
Telecommunications and Postal Services, Mr. Juma Stephen Lugga
announced that the Government was looking for ways to assemble three
fibre routes to Juba from Kenya’s Mombasa via Lokichoggio; from
Tanzania via Uganda to the border at Nimule and from Djibouti via
Ethiopia’s Gambella.
He said the government will fund the building of a microwave link at
a cost of $10 million, after which the fibre routes will be put in
place.
The World Bank and African Development Bank have engaged in
discussions with the ministry regarding offering a considerable grant
for both national and international fibre links.
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