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Telcom eyes major cities in its 5G coverage plan

Vodacom said it has embarked on launching 5G connections in major cities since its network has so far covered 17 regions

TANZANIA: THE Vodacom company has said it has embarked on launching 5G connections in major cities in the country since its network has so far covered 17 regions.

“Not that we have blanket coverage but we have put our focus on the Central Business District (CBD), it is a continuous process as we move to deploy internet tools,” Vodacom Tanzania Network Director Andrew Lupembe said.

Mr Lupembe told journalists in an online interview that the plan was to ensure that there are at least minimum broadband services in rural areas, with the company carrying out inspection programmes when deploying services in remote areas.

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The company has already rolled out an individual fibre connection campaign which allows connection to offices and households to increase internet connectivity in the country.

According TCRA,as of March this year, there were 72 million active mobile lines which is an increase of 3.0 per cent, where out of the lines, Vodacom owns 30 per cent while 36.8 million are for the internet of which 24.4 million use 4G and 5G high-speed internet.

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Meanwhile, Vodacom Tanzania expressed commitment to take a leading role in environment protection including using technology to control the production of carbon in its operations.

Ms Glorius Kimaro, Vodacom Tanzania’s Head of the Environment and Energy Department, said that the company was now turning to Artificial Intelligence(AI) and other technologies to end the production of carbon footprints in the sector which uses a lot of energy in generating power for connectivity, especially on telecom towers.

“The company works to end the use of generators by connecting to the national grid and reduce the use of fossil fuels but also embrace technology, especially automation to control production of carbon and upgrade our tools and equipment so that they use less fuel,” she said.