Tanzania expects to commence the construction of third phase of the National Information and Communication Technology Broadband Backbone (NICTBB) this August to ensure that all the districts are connected with internet network.
The Minister for Communications, Science and Technology, Prof Makame Mbarawa said the national fiber optic cable network exercise will go hand in hand with the launching of a national internet data centre.
Prof Mbarawa told the workers’ council meeting in Dar es Salaam on Friday that the national data centre to be placed at the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (COSTECH) will be built with high tech infrastructure to host all government and business institutions services.
He said the cable to be implemented in five phases has already covered over seven thousand kilometers connecting headquarters in 24 regions in its first and second phases that connects Dar es Salaam to other regions in the country including neighbouring Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya and Uganda.
“Internet connections in the country is expected to enhance usage of ICT applications for sustainable socio-economic development including implementation of e-government, e-learning, e-health, e-commerce and other similar applications,” he said.
The third phase of the project which commenced in December 2013 in areas not reached by the first and second phase had until March 2013 connected seven telecommunication companies to the NICTBB.
Mbarawa said the national internet data centre to be constructed on a 3,050 square meter space is one among three centres earmarked to be built in Dar es Salaam, Dodoma and Zanzibar.
It is expected to have 184 telecommunication racks and 1010 server space providing a network platform for big data, cloud computing, data mining and other similar data services.
Chairperson of the workers’ council, Prof Patrick Makungu said for the past five years the ministry has managed to establish various projecs aimed at improving ICT technology services in the country.
Prof Makungu said the ICT infrastructure has helped to improve video conferencing, interconnection charges, establishment of computer emergency response team, telecommunication traffic system, post codes and digital transmission.
“The national backbone network is important in contributing towards quick economic growth. It has helped to reduce airtime charges by 57per cent from Sh147 per minute in 2009 to Sh62 as of last year,” he said.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Frank Aman
Quelle/Source: IPPmedia, 17.05.2015
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