The government has encouraged players in the telecommunication sector with the capacity to participate in setting up a fourth mobile service provider to take part in a bid to obtain a license.
This follows the failure by Uzi Mobile Zambia Limited to start operating as a fourth mobile service provider after being awarded a license by ZICTA.
Transport and Communications Minister Hon Mutotwe Kafwaya says government’s policy remains the same of promoting competition in the telecommunication sector.
The Transport and Communications Minister said this on Sunday evening when he featured on Pan African Radio’s News Feedback Programme hosted by Caesar Sindele.
Hon Kafwaya said his ministry has already communicated with ZICTA to go back to the market and identify another player to bit for the establishment of the fourth mobile service provider.
“ZICTA awarded a license to Uzi Mobile to become a fourth mobile service provider. And I must mention here Caesar (the host) that on two occasions, Uzi was given extensions but failed to start operating in line with the license it was awarded. Uzi is not coming back because it failed to start operating during the time it was given,” said the Minister.
He said it is for this reason that the government is encouraging players in this sector with capacity to start operating to take advantage and bid for the license.
Hon Kafwaya also said government is reviewing laws in the transport and communication sector in order to attract investment.
He said government wants to see a situation where the private sector participates in investing in the key sectors of the economy as this is good for national development.
Hon Kafwaya also took time to encourage the people of Zambia not to relax in adhering to the COVID-19 measures provided by the government.
He said all players in the transport sector should continue to comply with the guidelines saying Coronavirus maybe there for a long time hence the need to adopt the ‘new normal’.
You now talking sense ba government
No one will bid and then when given to a foreign entity the Same people will cry ati foreigners are controlling us
We already know that this will be given to chinese. Money has already exchanged hands
-CEC
– The Post News Paper
– Prime TV station
– Mason
-Mwamona Investments
Keep list…
All Zambian owned companies being fvcked by own government.
Just give us Vodafone and all this nonsense of network challenges will be gone!!!!!
@Nostradamus, I was almost thinking you had brains until you mentioned Mwamona Investments.
After mwalyamo….
They know very well that Zambians have no capacity to take up such an undertaking.
Let government offer loans to Zambians to set up such a company.
But the very loans would still end up being in the pockets of cadres.
Business environment is not smooth for locals. Even if a Zambian wins such a tender,is he or she going to compete with MTN and Airtel who have spread their tentacles countrywide? It is extremely harsh for a Zambian to do business. The laws that we formulate only supports foreign investors. Kwacha, in its current form, is fragile and useless. A foreigner will come and start his business in dollar or euro financial instruments which cannot be equated to our useless currency. It is pointless and frivolous to start business at the same pace as foreigners.
Nostradamus, next is diggers news, the morons have crossed the limits.
These P.F Go0nz will pretend to give the contract to ordinary Zedi@ns BUT when the truth eventually emerges it will be T@2iLa & other connected thieves who would have “won” the contract, having placed bids with taxpayers cash.
P.F NEEDS TO BE REPLACED PRONTO & the only contacts the whole Cabal should be bidding on is “who will be supplying the soap bending over & picking it up in Muk0beko or Mwembeshi Gaols!!
Most of them have stolen our money. Now they are being asked to bid using our money.
GRZ now want another Zambian investor? What a Jock. No one can invest in a country where private assets can at any time be declared common carrier. No sensible person would love love to invest in multi million infrastructure only to work up one day and see the statutory SI that his/her infrastructure has been declared public Toilet.
give us another DStv challenger please. Dstv is busy buying off other challengers like Amazon and Netflix. let these come on their own.