The Zambian government has announced it will introduce unified licenses to cater to diverse telecommunications operations including mobile telephony, Internet services, satellite transmission, broadcasting and other related technologies.
Zambia joins many other African countries including Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya and Nigeria in providing one license for an array of services in order to attract investment by international service providers who feared to invest in the country because of restrictive license conditions.
Several African countries are now focusing on the provision of data, Internet backbone and video conferencing in addition to voice services to boost telecom in the region through harmonization of license procedures.
Computer World
