THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

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THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

• STATUS BACKBONE
• www.infrastructure.go.tz
• OPEN ACCESS Inter - Conference
• Ministry of Infrastructure Development
• Eng A. B. KOWERO
• NOVEMBER 2007

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TanzaniaBasic Country Data

• Area total 945,087 sq km Coastline 1,424
  km
• Climate varies from tropical along coast to
  temperate highlands
• Terrain plains along coast central plateau
  highlands in north, south
• Population 37 m
• Population growth rate 1.95 (2004 est.)
• Population below poverty line 36 (2001 est.)
• GDP 21.58 billion (2003 est.)
• Telephones fixed 161,600 (2006) - mobile
  6.5m (2007) lines in use
• Transport railways total 3,690 km roads
  total 88,200 km (3,704km paved)
• Internet hosts 1,731 (2006)
• Internet users 250,000 (2006)

Source CIA World Fact Book
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• INTRODUCTION
• ICT
• CONVERGENCY
• Policies and Acts

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THE ICT WORLD
YESTERDAY WORLD Microwaves, valves, POWER,
fixed lines etc Radio transmissions morse,
teletype, fax etc Teleprinters, etc TODAY
WORLDS State of art wireless GSM CDMA/
internet Fiber optic cables
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BACKGROUND(1)

• End of exclusivity 2005 in TZ
• DEVELOPMENTAL NETWORK
• ICT Service Neutrality
• CURRENT STATUS
• TECHNICAL TEAM
• LEGAL TEAM
• FINANCIAL TEAM

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BACKGROUND(2)

• INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
• ICT BODY
• PROGRESS
• 15 October 2007 Ministerial meeting venue Tambo
  Inter Airport RSA
• NEPAD Protocol UHURUNET, UMOJANET
• SPV BAHARICOM
• RATIFICATION PROCESS ONGOING..
• Kigali Connect Summit
• PRESENTATION NEPAD, EASSY,SEACOM,TEAMS

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THE UHURU CABLE CONNECTIVITY
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Routes of the Backbone Transmission Network
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Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
Phase 4
Phase 5
NATIONAL ICT BACKBONE
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CONCLUSION
IT IS NOT THE STRONGEST SPECIES THAT SURVIVE,
NOR THE MOST INTELLIGENT, BUT THE ONES MOST
RESPONSIVE TO CHANGE