According Mr Awori, the reasons for halting the process is based on the need for the involvement of National Information Technology Authority - Uganda (NITA-U).
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Awori said with the international undersea optic fibre cables, local Internet access costs should become lower.
Awori was last Friday responding to questions regarding the costs of broadband Internet connectivity during the inauguration of the National IT Authority board headed by former northern Uganda minister Betty Bigombe. The authority is the ICT's regulatory body.
In the current business environment, Information Systems, the Internet and global communication networks are creating new opportunities for organisational coordination and innovation. Such systems, used in government/governance, can extend reach and effectiveness of both to remote locations, and improve service delivery to citizens. Current practice has been satellite based communication links, but the associated costs are prohibitive and result in minimised access size of paths, (bandwidth) leading to slow Internet speeds, for example.
In the current business environment, information systems, the Internet and global communication networks are creating new opportunities for organisational coordination and innovation. Current practice has been satellite-based communication links, but the associated costs are prohibitive and result in minimised access size of paths, (bandwidth) leading to slow Internet speeds.
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The NBI was one of the best ideas that came with the creation of the new Information and Communication technology Ministry. The same project was supposed to facilitate the operations of its other half the Electronic Government Infrastructure (EGI) project.