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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Airtel Uganda has started the New Year with the launch of 3G internet to all its sites across the country.
Speaking at a press conference in Kampala on Jan.24, the company’s Managing Director V.G Somasekhar, said that the upgrade in technology to 100% mobile broadband means that all their customers will have access to high speed internet regardless of their geographical location.
“Today is about internet for everyone; it is about how we unlock, refine and make data available for everyone,” Somasekhar said.
“Data is a new asset class, people who have it are going to be empowered, countries that have it are going to be rich.”
The company invested US$50 million in FY2017/18 in its broadband services. Currently 154 sites are being rolled out and an additional 165 sites are under implementation. It has 10 million subscribers, out of that 30% are actively using its internet, according to Somasekhar.
