JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA (ADV) – The Zambia Telecommunications Company (Zamtel) has revealed its plans to install 400 network communication towers this year.
Zamtel Corporate Communications Specialist Changwe Kabwe told the media that the company is confident that it will erect the planned additional 400 towers this year.
“We will continue to pursue aggressive customer acquisition strategies to further grow the subscriber base,
“Overall, 4G network roll out in the rest of the Copperbelt, part of Central Province in areas such as Kapiri and Serenje and the roll out will be spread to Provincial Centers before end of June 2019,” said Kabwe.
Zamtel is hoping to launch 4G network in Lusaka before the end of September this year. Kabwe said this is part of Phase II of the government Communication Tower Project which cost a total of 380 million United States dollars.
The company is positive that the project is already showing positive results in some provinces like Eastern, Luapula, Northern and Muchinga where Zamtel is having the largest network coverage.
Zamtel has already implemented 317 sites across Zambia. And it’s target is to install 1009 network communication towers this year across the country.
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