THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIATHE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

“STATUS BACKBONE”www.infrastructure.go.tz

OPEN ACCESS Inter - ConferenceMinistry of Infrastructure Development

Eng A. B. KOWERO

NOVEMBER 2007

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

INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION

•ICTICT

CONVERGENCYCONVERGENCY

•Policies and ActsPolicies and Acts

YESTERDAY WORLD

Microwaves, valves, POWER, fixed lines etcRadio transmissions morse, teletype, fax etcTeleprinters, etc

TODAY WORLDSState of art wireless GSMCDMA/ internetFiber optic cables

THE ICT WORLD

• End of exclusivity 2005 in TZ• DEVELOPMENTAL NETWORK• ICT Service Neutrality

CURRENT STATUS

TECHNICAL TEAM LEGAL TEAM FINANCIAL TEAM

BACKGROUND(1)

INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

• ICT BODY

PROGRESS15 October 2007 Ministerial meeting venue Tambo Inter Airport RSANEPAD Protocol : UHURUNET, UMOJANET SPV: BAHARICOMRATIFICATION PROCESS ONGOING………..

Kigali Connect SummitPRESENTATION: NEPAD, EASSY,SEACOM,TEAMS

BACKGROUND(2)

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SEA ME WE 3

To: West Africa,Europe & America

EASSY Project

SAT-3/WASC

SAFE cableCapetown

DSM

Zanzibar

Mombasa

Djibouti

Mahajani

Maputo

Mtunzini

THE UHURU CABLE CONNECTIVITY

Routes of the Backbone Transmission Network

NATIONAL ICT BACKBONE

Phase 1

Phase 2

Phase 3

Phase 4

Phase 5

IT IS NOT THE STRONGEST IT IS NOT THE STRONGEST SPECIES THAT SURVIVE, NOR SPECIES THAT SURVIVE, NOR THE MOST INTELLIGENT, BUT THE MOST INTELLIGENT, BUT THE ONES MOST THE ONES MOST RESPONSIVE TO CHANGERESPONSIVE TO CHANGE

CONCLUSION