Phone Companies Urged To Set Up Network In Rural Areas
Jonglei State Telecommunication and Communication Minister, Hussein Maar Nyuot has said that they have consulted the national department of telecommunication and postal services to setup network operators in Lou Nuer counties. 22 February 2013 State Telecommunication and Communication Minister, Hussein Maar Nyuot. [Gurtong | File] By Jacob Achiek Jok BOR, 21 February 2013 [Gurtong] – Maar said that there were a lot of complains from Uror County and greater Lou Nuer that there are no network operators except Akobo which has a telephone communication system. Maar informed the public that all telecom companies are not owned by the government of South Sudan. “Actually it is not the government which dispatch telephone network to the counties, these are private companies that distributed their services to where there is proper security and road for transporting their logistics,” he said. He said that they have signed a memorandum of understanding with the telephone companies so that they can start installation of their services in some counties before the rain season. “Two to three weeks ago after the launching of the Simcard registration the operators where here and we reached an agreement with them, so Zain Company has agreed to go to Lou Nuer,” he said. He said hopefully before the rain season there will be Zain telephone communication system in Yuai, Walgak, Waat, along the road from Ayod at place called Nyakor, Nyanuai and Lankeen. Meanwhile the former Nyirol County Commissioner, Choul Dieu said that communication is important and was grateful if the companies will start operations in the area to ease communications. Posted in: Home, Governance -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
