ICT global conference starts today in Dar…………..

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Delegates from the major players in the telecom industry are moving in for the big event in the East African telecom industry. The companies like MTN, AT&T and British Telecom have already confirmed in sending their delegates to participate in the event. The company SEACOM which supervised the installation of the underground fibre optic cable in Tanzania is among the major players attending the meeting.
The event is for the first time being held in the Tanzanian financial capital Dar es Salaam. The stakeholders believe the outcome of the meeting will help to regulate the telecom industry tariffs to meet the satisfaction of the both the service providers and the subscribers. The guest of honor will be the Tanzanian Minister of Communication Science and Technology, Professor Makame Mbarawa while is Deputy Mr. January Makamba will provide presentation on the subject concerned. 
Mr. Makame Shamte the six telecom founder and director believe the subscription to the national marine fibre optic cable by the telecom leading companies in East Africa will lead to competition that will lower tariffs for both voice and data.  Ms. Annabel Helms is the organizer of the event Capacity Africa 2012. Ms. Helms believes the conference will allow many companies to be aware of the National Broadband Fibre Optic Cable. 
What we know is until wright now there are only four companies that have subscribed to the national broadband fibre optic cable Six Telecoms among them. The number is still low in helping the plan to lower the tariffs to succeed but we hope more company will join the mission and help to cut down the running cost of the company’s hence low operation charges which will result reasonable tariffs to the telecom subscribers.
TECH360 Correspondent