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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.
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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