Bernadette Deka-Zulu (PhD Researcher-Public Enterprise)OVER the years, there has been a growing global recognition that Information and Communication Technology (ICTs) is a major factor in social development and economic growth. In the business sector, ICT is increasingly seen as a driving force for innovation and business competitiveness.At the regional level, key factors such as fundamental improvements in telecommunications policies, information infrastructure, e-commerce, and e-government services serve as stimuli for rapid economic and social development. This recognition has become an important motivation for promoting the global liberalisation of the telecommunications sector.Since the early 2000s, Zambia has taken many steps to reform its telecommunications sector with the support of the World Bank. These include the liberalisation of the equipment industry, the separation of the postal and telecommunications businesses into independent entities, the liberalisation of the broadcasting industry, and the establishment of autonomous telecommunications and broadcasting regulators, mobile phone operators, and Internet services. Includes the creation of providers (Internet […]
TELECOMMUNICATIONS: The case of
mobile network operators in Zambia (Part
1)
