New Country New Telephone Code The undersecretary in the Government of South Sudan’s (GOSS) Ministry of Telecommunication & Postal Services, Engineer Juma Stephen has confirmed that Africa’s 54th newest state South Sudan is set to receive a new telephone code before the end of Interim period.25 February 2011 A telephone mast put up in the Eastern Equatoria State [File Photo] By Peter Lokale Nakimangole
TORIT, 24 February 2011 [Gurtong] – According to engineer Juma, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a leading United Nations Agency for information and communication technology issues has considered a request by his Ministry and will allocate South Sudan a brand new three-digit code. The engineer further elaborated that upon determining the country’s code, the ITU will then submit it to the GOSS leadership. After installation, GOSS will announce its reallocation from the present shared code +249 to its new own code. Mobile phone operators will now switch to the new code. The Undersecretary further explained that even Ugandan’s Gemtel Telecommunication Company’s code including other telecommunication companies would subsequently be dissolved smoothly and without causing any inconvenience to subscribers. He said that GOSS was working to adopt a new regulatory policy of the telecommunication services after South Sudan’s declaration scheduled for 9 July, this year. The new regulation shall require all operators to undergo fresh registration in conformity with the law. He gave an assurance that the gateway will be ready in the next two months and pointed out that the contracted company; Ericson is busy erecting installations. Posted in: Home, Business -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "JFD info" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jfdinfo?hl=en.
