Telecom services in Uganda Archives

Q&A with UCC’s Irene Kaggwa Sewankambo on the competitive landscape and ensuring a sustainable telco industry for both users and investors

Muhereza KyamuteteraC-Suite Leadership CEO Perspectives The Big StoryJune 27, 2023July 2, 2023

What is the Commission’s overall take on the competitiveness landscape across the various segments of the telco industry and how is this likely to shape the development of the sector in 2023 and beyond? While the Commission continues to promote fair and competitive conduct across the communications value chain (markets), we note that some segments of the market/value chain are not as competitive as others. The differences in competitiveness at various layers of the telecommunications value chain may be attributed to differences in structural drivers such as market size as well as policy influences in the respective segments. Sometimes a…

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Parliament urges telecoms to offer more friendly data service

CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisJuly 14, 2022July 14, 2022

Members of Parliament have urged telecommunication service providers to adopt more friendly data and voice bundles.This, according to the MPs, is intended to ensure that consumers of communication services get quality, reliable and affordable communication services to widen Information Communication Technology (ICT) penetration as a key driver of economic growth.While chairing the House on Wednesday, 13 July 2022, Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa tasked the Uganda Communication Commission (UCC), the national regulatory body of the communications sector to engage these companies to exclusively provide unlimited data and voice call bundles that do not expire.“This issue of expiry of data and voice…

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