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Article: Roundup: privatization pushes communications development in Uganda
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- May 18, 2003
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Roundup: privatization pushes communications development in Uganda
by Chen Cailin
KAMPALA, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Uganda's telecommunications sector has
witnessed a considerable development in recently years as telephone
subscribers jumped from 230,000 in 2000 to over 500,000 at present.
There were approximately 65,000 telephone lines or 0.3 lines for
every 100 Ugandans before the liberalization of the
telecommunications sector in 1996. However, the country presently
boasted of three telephone companies on the market and together, they
boast of over 565,099 phone lines for both mobile and land lines.
In 1996 when the government liberalized the communications sector,
there were 45,145 ...