Zamtel plans to add 700 towers in Zambia this year

Zamtel is absolutely on an expansion spree! Officially known as Zambia Telecommunications Company Ltd., Zamtel is a government-owned telecommunication service provider in Zambia. Apart from Airtel and MTN, Zamtel is one of the three mobile phone networks in the country.

Zamtel has declared that it is going to install 700 new communication towers across Zambia by the completion of 2019. According to Sydney Mupeta, Chief Executive Officer, Zamtel, 700 new sites will be active as part of the 1009 new towers to be constructed under the GRZ Communications Tower Project Phase II.

Sydney Mupeta opined that the new sites would be mainly located in the rural areas that earlier had no access to telecommunication services. He further said this is in line with the Seventh National Development Plan which is aimed at providing communication access to all, as reported by Lusaka Times.

He said 100 sites will be allocated to Luapula with Mansa alone having a total of 21 sites adding that so far 74 sites are active in Luapula with only 24 remaining to be deployed. “This will result in almost 100 percent network coverage for the people of Luapula and once fully deployed, this will bring a lot of economic activities resulting in job creation. Mansa and Luapula province are priority areas for Zamtel due to the immense investment opportunities in the region. Zamtel will leverage the investment interests being generated in the province by providing digital solutions and services to the investment community,” Mupeta clarified.

Also Read: Zambia News and Information Services signs deal with Anadolu Agency in Turkey