Awori said with the international undersea optic fibre cables, local Internet access costs should become lower.
Awori was last Friday responding to questions regarding the costs of broadband Internet connectivity during the inauguration of the National IT Authority board headed by former northern Uganda minister Betty Bigombe. The authority is the ICT's regulatory body.
Patrick Mwesigwa the UCC technical chief, said a regional task force was drawing up guidelines to be followed by the new broadband service providers.
He added that discussions with major broadband providers were underway and would revolve around modalities of the obligations of the companies involved in the broadband market.
Uganda is preparing to connect its national data backbone to the international undersea optic fibre cables.
The move is expected to bring Internet prices down and to compliment other optic fibres cables laid by private companies.
One of the cables is owned by SEACOM and is already operational.
The other expected optic fibre initiatives include the East Africa Submarine System Cable and The East African Marine System owned by Kenya.
Awori said the ministry would push for the introduction of legislation in which hefty penalties will be given out to those found damaging the National Backbone and e-government infrastructure.
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Davis Weddi
Quelle/Source: AllAfrica, 26.08.2009
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