Zambia: Zain to erect 600 base stations

  1. Posted on Wednesday 17 November 2010 - 11:21
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    Sanday Chongo Kabange, AfricaNews reporter in Lusaka, Zambia
    Mobile phone giants, Zain Zambia has announced that it is planning to set up over 600 new base stations over the next two years in order to double its network capacity. According to Commercial Director Mark Ocitti, the two-year investment projection would increase the capacity of the telecommunication company.
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    Before the start of this programme, the company had 624 base stations across the country, and so far they have spent US$8 million to put up 32 sites in the past three months.

    Zain will be doubling current base station numbers within the next one and half years; that is over a thousand base stations across the country.

    Ocitti however noted that some parts of the country which had few people would forfeit some company investment capital.