11 COMMENTS

gregy December 17, 2011 At 8:37 am

good move hope my govment will take it twacula na poor signal yaba znbc pafula
Luangwa Bridge December 17, 2011 At 8:45 am

What the Japs are not saying is that the SADC region decided on the European DVBT model and only Angola who they bribed with a new broadcasting building, opted out. I hope the Japs will also build a new station for ZNBC, if their system is adopted, then border towns like L/stone, C/bombwe, Cipata, Chirundu, Siavonga, Ndola wil have no TV….because by international law, they are supposed not to broadcast in a model not regionally agreed to. Secondly, RSA tested both system and settled on the Europen model as a better system. So, Zambia, be careful before you decide which mopdel you finally pick.
Keen December 17, 2011 At 9:17 am

Thanks, Japan. But no thanks.

We will decide ourselves what standard we will adopt. This sort of aid with strings attached is distatesful.

I hope have engineers at Ministry of Communication and ZICTA can brush this aside and determine what is best for Zambia considering, among other things,economics of scale and suitability to our environment. We dont want unpractical, solar-guyser-without-running-water-type solutions.
HellBoy December 17, 2011 At 9:34 am

Lets allow Japan technology in Zambia. We are far behind using systems for 2 decades ago. Thanks Japan, you are welcome.
ICT- Specialist December 17, 2011 At 10:41 am

who is interested in (ISDB-T),around the globe they teaching (DVB-T, DVB-T2), the jananees take their system somewhere e.g south america, we dont need in in africa.
Mazedvidele December 17, 2011 At 10:48 am

This is a Long term Loan bastards there is no free lunch
Jay Jay December 17, 2011 At 3:31 pm

Digital is the way forward…take it with open arms!!
witness December 17, 2011 At 4:09 pm

this has to be a regional decision. zambia has to integrate its systems with southern African region or will find ourselves in a corner. japan knows the meaning of divide a rule.
witness December 17, 2011 At 4:09 pm

this has to be a regional decision. zambia has to integrate its systems with southern African region or will find ourselves in a corner. japan knows the meaning of divide a rule.
Mazedvidele December 18, 2011 At 3:43 am

Third world reporting by the third world news media like LT has help the exploitation of the natives
Mtopolelandela December 18, 2011 At 9:54 am

hey people look at our streets all over Zambia 95% of the vehicles are from Japan. Even in our living rooms almost 80% of domestic electronic gadgets are of Japanese origin. Why should we doubt Japanese technology now?