TTCL EYES FOR 3.4 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS BY 2020

Tanzania Telecommunication Company Ltd (TTCL) is in a plan to increase its market share by 10 percent upon reaching 2020 by increasing its subscribers database to 3.4 million. The company currently has 260,000 subscribers on its landline and mobile services.
According to the company’s head of business unity Fredrick Mloka, the state owned corporation will enter the mobile phone sector by the end of this year, and compete directly for more than 30 million subscribers.
The state corporation will move from Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) to Global System for Mobile (GSM) services. GSM is the most widely used digital wireless telephone system in the world.
The transfer from DCMA to GSM will enable the TTCL Sim card to be used in all types of mobile phone handsets. Currently the Tanzania mobile companies that use GSM are Airtel, Vodacom, Zantel, Tigo and Smart.
Mr. Mloka said they will introduce a mobile money transfer product called TTCL Pesa. He said TTCL is moving from CDMA to GSM via Long Term Evolutions (LTE).
“We expect to get a positive growth by the second year,” he said.
Mr. Mloka said by moving to fiber optic, their customers will have reliable services and the company will deliver these countrywide.
TTCL needs $180 million from the government, internal sources and development partners to finalize the project. So far it has spent $22million to purchase equipment for the transformation.
“We are optimistic that we will get the required funds to complete the entire project because the government has promised to inject some of the required funds,” Mr. Mloka said.

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