Investment in Telecommunications Amount to over $8 Billion
Khartoum - The National Telecommunications Corporation (NTC) said that the amount of investments in the telecommunications sector has reached over $8.5 billion up until 2010 while the revenues of the sector in 2012 amounted to $4.8 billion.
Dr. Abdallah Sabir, Chadian minister of Post and Modern Technology, reviewed the level of telecommunications in Sudan through focusing on the major projects NTC is implementing and the infrastructure of telecommunications in Sudan as well as NTC's role in organizing the sector and its efforts to keep it up-to-date.
Following a meeting with the Chadian minister yesterday, the Sudanese minister of Science and Telecommunications Dr. Eisa Bushara gave a brief presentation on the development of the telecommunications and information sector in Sudan and the achievements that have been made.
The ministry of science and telecommunications is one of the main communications means between the two countries through fiber-optic cables, said the minister and called on the specialized companies in the two countries to expedite the implementation of the projects agreed upon.
He added that the visit represents an opportunity for the Chadian delegation to review the advanced telecommunications infrastructure in Sudan as well as that of the electronic government.
The minister went on to affirm that the next year will witness the implementation of real projects and programs in these fields between the two countries in a way that helps to dispose of the international complications and overlaps in the telecommunications field and also reinforce economic cooperation and social communication between the two brotherly countries and peoples.
The Chadian minister said the visit is to reinforce relations with Sudan in this field after having reinforced relations in other fields.
He said they are working to implement an executive program for the projects agreed upon, the most important of which is linking the two countries through a fiber-optic network before 2015.
Executives of the Chadian Company Sotel and Sudanese company Sudatel will discuss the ways in which to reinforce relations and implement mutual projects in the telecommunications field, said the Chadian minister.
He added: "We seek to render telecommunications between the citizens of both countries to be direct without any foreign parties."
It is worth noting that the Chadian delegation held a joint discussion session with NTC.
Dr. Abdallah Sabir, Chadian minister of Post and Modern Technology, reviewed the level of telecommunications in Sudan through focusing on the major projects NTC is implementing and the infrastructure of telecommunications in Sudan as well as NTC's role in organizing the sector and its efforts to keep it up-to-date.
Following a meeting with the Chadian minister yesterday, the Sudanese minister of Science and Telecommunications Dr. Eisa Bushara gave a brief presentation on the development of the telecommunications and information sector in Sudan and the achievements that have been made.
The ministry of science and telecommunications is one of the main communications means between the two countries through fiber-optic cables, said the minister and called on the specialized companies in the two countries to expedite the implementation of the projects agreed upon.
He added that the visit represents an opportunity for the Chadian delegation to review the advanced telecommunications infrastructure in Sudan as well as that of the electronic government.
The minister went on to affirm that the next year will witness the implementation of real projects and programs in these fields between the two countries in a way that helps to dispose of the international complications and overlaps in the telecommunications field and also reinforce economic cooperation and social communication between the two brotherly countries and peoples.
The Chadian minister said the visit is to reinforce relations with Sudan in this field after having reinforced relations in other fields.
He said they are working to implement an executive program for the projects agreed upon, the most important of which is linking the two countries through a fiber-optic network before 2015.
Executives of the Chadian Company Sotel and Sudanese company Sudatel will discuss the ways in which to reinforce relations and implement mutual projects in the telecommunications field, said the Chadian minister.
He added: "We seek to render telecommunications between the citizens of both countries to be direct without any foreign parties."
It is worth noting that the Chadian delegation held a joint discussion session with NTC.
By Mohamed Omer El-Haj, 1 hour 44 minutes ago
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