Telecom ministry to reduce phone towers in Juba
Tuesday, 24 July 2012 00:18 Mabior Mach South Sudan >>> . The Minister of Telecommunication and Postal Services, Madut Biar Yel, told parliament on Monday that the government plans to reduce the number of phone towers in Juba in an effort to reduce "tower pollution." Madut made the remark during the deliberation on a provisional on communication issued earlier by President Salva Kiir. "There was no legal framework that can regulate the installation of towers, and as a result, there were some problems that actually we want to catch out when the bill is passed. One of the issues which actually left out and a very important for our environmental impact is that we are having what we call, in telecom sector, tower pollution. In Juba here, we have over thirty towers. This is what actually we are going to regulate. Electromagnetic radiation is also another problem we are going to regulate," the minister said. Madut encouraged the telecommunication companies to construct towers in the rural areas. He said that in the capital Juba, there should be only two phone towers. Madut said the ministry will license one company to build towers across the country in the future. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" 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 https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
