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Afghanistan
90% of Afghanistan to Get Access to Telecommunication
2010-12-27
[Tolo News] Ninety percent of Afghanistan will have access to telecommunication services in the next ten months, Ministry of Telecommunication and Information Technology said on Sunday.

The ministry is setting up antennas in the remote districts and around 100 antennas are to be installed so that people in the remotes can have access to telecommunication and internet services in the next ten months. Presently 80% of Afghanistan has access to telecommunication services.

The project is financed by Telecommunication Development Fund which has so far raised 55 million dollars.
They actually raised 200 million, but Karzai and his pals have expenses, you know ...
The ministry is also planning to use the fund to provide internet asccess to universities and schools in the country.
Now all they need is piped in electricity to power the computers and charge the cell phones. But still, imagine the possibilities of home schooling in the areas where the Taliban bravely attack empty classrooms.
"The special fund will be used to expand telecommunication facilities to all the remote districts of Afghanistan," Khair Mohammad Faizi, a member of Telecommunication Management Board, told TOLOnews.

The ministry cited insecurity and rugged terrain as the main obstacles to expand telecommunication services to some of the remote districts.
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