Uganda Telecom puts customers on Seacom
Uganda Telecoms Ltd last week launched its customers onto the Seacom fibre optic cable following a partnership agreement signed between the two companies on July 23.
According to a report in the Independent, UTL provides 75% of the internet services on the local market and has all along been offering internet bandwidth via satellite which is twice as expensive compared to the fibre optic based bandwidth. In spite of investing into the Eassy fibre optic cable that is expected to land at Mombasa mid- next year, UTL has gone ahead to acquire bandwidth on the Seacom fibre optic cable to cut on the price of internet.
Seacom now links UTL customers to Southern and Eastern Africa, Europe and South Asia. With their launch onto the Seacom fibre optic cable, UTL has increased customer bandwidth at the existing price. Customers who had 64kbps at US$ 90 now have 128kbps at the same price.
