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September 28, 2006
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(Ghanaian Chronicle Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) The telecommunication industry in Ghana is still recorded as one of the fastest growing industry in Ghana and on the African continent as the number of telephone lines have increased significantly over last year.



According to the Minister of Communications, Prof. Mike Oquaye, the number of telephone lines in Ghana surpassed the four million mark, which means the target of reaching the five million mark by the end of the year is on course.

The Minister revealed this at an open forum in Accra yesterday on IP communications organized by Seatec Telecom Services Limited, the sole distributor of Alcatel products in Ghana, to introduce Alcatel IP Communication solutions to Ghanaians.

"Ghana cannot afford to miss ICT revolution if we hope to improve the quality of our citizens' lives and alleviate the widespread poverty that seriously undermines human development.

"Today, innovation in the field of ICT is driving the global digital economy forward so fast that there is urgent need for businesses, industry and government to work together to nurture policies and programmes that foster the use of cutting edge technologies that will help us to collectively interact to promote free flow of ideas and maintain an increase in the spread of knowledge at all levels," he said.

Figures available indicate that the second quarter of 2006 recorded a total subscriber base of 4,158,088.

The figures further indicate that the telephone density of Ghana has increased significantly from 1% in 2000 to about 20% now.

The figure for 2005 was over two million after the number of telephone lines had significantly increased from 218,000 in 2000 to 1 million in 2003 and 1.6 million in 2004.

Capital inflows into the telecommunication industry had also increased significantly, especially into the government's ICT programmes such as the ICT Backbone and the e-Governance projects and the mobile telephone networks in the country.

With all these developments, Africa is still lagging behind in the global transition to an information economy.

He said communications is a way of successfully doing business within the public and private sector.

"The better we communicate, the better our services and the larger our customer base or clientele will become".

In the instance of government making up-to-date information on all programmes being undertaken accessible to the citizenry no matter where they are through a seamless communication system will improve government's communication.

He applauded efforts by organizations such as Seatec Telecom to help accelerate the development and growth of ICTs in the country.

Seatec Telecom, through its partnership with technology giants like Alcatel and Bytes Communications, will improve the Ghanaian enterprises' access to such technologies so that they can be sure of the quality of the solutions as well as the sustained support of these solutions, which are a considerable investment on their part.

He called on organizations and businesses in the Ghanaian economy to take advantage of all opportunities made available to boost their growth. He said IP Communications technologies provide one sure way of increasing the value created by business activities and processes.

"This technology will not only reduce communication cost for organizations, but radically improve the service capabilities with an unprecedented interactivity adapted to business needs for employees and all customers," he added.

He said this allows all employees to access the same set of communication applications throughout the organization, simplifying the user experience and reducing the need for training and support.

He said the forum has to broaden the knowledge of participants on how they can take full advantage of IP Communications technology at this opportune time when access to the Internet, especially broadband, as well as Wide Area Networks (WAN) are fast becoming a standard feature of the enterprise's communications infrastructure in Ghana.

Prof. Oquaye said this would no doubt provide more insight into how we can improve our processes and systems to deliver better services and create a safe country for all citizens through access to quality and reliable information.

Ravin Naidu, Voice Sales Specialist of Alcatel - South Africa, made a presentation on IP communications.

He called for the deployment and upgrading of bandwidths and broadband in Ghana for the smooth use of IP facilities.

Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media. (allafrica.com)

Copyright 2006 Ghanaian Chronical. Distributed by Allafrica Global Media.


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