November 2005: Paul Budde writes:
Telecoms in Tanzania
Tanzania has a fully competitive mobile sector comprising four mobile operators while two fixed-line operators separately cover the mainland and the semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar. Major advances occurred after 2000 when competition in the mobile sector was introduced and the incumbent PTO was partially privatised. Mobile subscribers now outnumber fixed-lines by more than 11:1. The country’s Internet market remains largely untapped owing to limited and poor fixed-line infrastructure. However, following the end of the PTO’s monopoly on the mainland in 2005, more pervasive fixed-line services and data networks can be expected. VoIP telephony will also be liberalised under the new competition framework in 2005, following in the footsteps of neighbouring Kenya.
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