Vice-President Samia Suluhu Hassan told
delegates to the fourth Annual Mobile360 Africa in Dar es Salaam
yesterday that the fake phones were blocked through GSMA, which tracks
bogus IMEI numbers and send them to Tanzania Communication Regulatory
Authority (TCRA).
TCRA, the telecommunication industry
regulator, prohibits the devices from entering the local market. Ms
Suluhu, in a speech that Minister of Works, Transport and Communication
Makame Mbarawa read on her behalf, said the government via TCRA remains
firm against the use of counterfeit phones in the local markets by
blocking their IMEI numbers.
TCRA has contracted GSMA to track and
submit weekly updates of lists of IMEI numbers for smooth operation of
the Central Equipment Identification Registrar (CEIR) launched late last
year.
“These updates from GSMA to TCRA’s data
base has enabled the government to block over 1.8 million counterfeit
IMEIs. TCRA continues using CEIR to monitor counterfeit IMEIs to ensure
they don’t enter the local market,” she explained.
The VP acknowledged the key role that
mobile phone technology plays in addressing social and economic
development challenges across Tanzania and Sub Sahara Africa through
digital inclusion.
“The mobile phone sector is playing a
critical role in driving financial and social inclusions in many African
countries through providing access to financial information and
services,” she said, adding that digital inclusion helps to drive
economic and infrastructure development.
The VP said currently mobile phone
subscriptions in the country stands at 39.8 million, with 20 million
internet users. The construction of the national ICT backbone, the
National Fibre Optic Cable Network infrastructure, that connects all
regional and districts headquarters in the country has also contributed
to internet service affordability. The backbone is also linked to
international submarine cable to bridge the gap in the digital
inclusion.
“We in Tanzania are already enjoying the
benefits of ICT as the price of internet access and transmission has
significantly dropped... the backbone infrastructure will bring with it
more affordable rates for businesses and citizens,” she charged.
There were 700 kilometres of fibre when
the government embarked on the installation of the national backbone but
today the country has 18,000km of fibre, said Ms Samia, noting: “ I am
sure after two years we will have 25,000km of the fibre network in the
country.”
The fibre network also provides
neighbouring countries like Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda Zambia and Malawi
with access to super highway submarine cable available in the shores of
Indian Ocean in Dar es Salaam. GSMA Director General Mats Granryd,
speaking at the meeting, said it’s difficult today to imagine a world
without mobile connection. “As an industry we are committed to connect
everything and everyone to a better future.”
He described Africa, the second largest
continent, as the least penetrated, with less than half of its
population subscribing to mobile services. Launching the ‘Mobile
Economy: Africa 2016’ report yesterday, Mr Granryd said Tanzania was
among eight markets in Africa with significant contribution to mobile
phone industry growth on continent.
He said in the next five years, there
will be an additional 168 million people connected by mobile services
across Africa, reaching 725 million unique subscribers by 2020. “Eight
markets will account for the majority of this growth, most notably
Nigeria, Ethiopia and Tanzania, which will together contribute over a
third of new subscribers,” said Mr Granryd.
According to the report, over half a
billion people across Africa use mobile phone services as the continent
continues to migrate rapidly to mobile broadband networks.
LUDOVICK KAZOKA
IN a move aimed at facilitating accurate data, the government has introduced registration of households electronically to replace the current analogy register, it was disclosed in Dar es Salaam yesterday.
The Permanent Secretary (PS) in the
President’s Office (Local Government and Regional Administration), Eng.
Mussa Iyombe, told reporters a pilot project has been carried out at
Mapinga village in Bagamoyo District.
“The project at Mapinga village prove a
success. The exercise is now extended to other villages,” he said. This
project, worth 1.6bn/-, is being undertaken jointly by the National
Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the Registration, Insolvency and Trusteeship
Agency (RITA) and the National Identification Authority (NIDA).
“The new system of households’ data will
help government to conduct the census exercise efficiently,” Iyombe
said. He said the new system has been devised by the Eastern Africa
Statistical Training Centre which came up with the innovation after the
current Register of Residents showing a number of shortcomings.
“This is a sustainable exercise in which
births and deaths will be immediately recorded to facilitate issuance
of certificates,” he explained. As for people who move to new
residential areas, Iyombe said they will be required to inform local
government authorities.
The local government authorities at new
residential areas, he said, will not receive them without identity of
where they come from. Census Commissioner, Hajjat Amina Saidi, said the
new system will trim down the costs used in census and that the exercise
will address the problem of cheating on personal details.
“The new system will show the number of
family members. It will also help curb crime by tracking down those who
move to new areas after committing an offence,” she added.
She appealed to the public and local
government leaders to accord maximum cooperation to organs carrying out
the exercise to ensure accuracy and efficiency. She also urged
politicians to mobilise the people to take part in the project. Mapinga
ward councillor, Mbonde Ibrahim, said the exercise has registered 341
households
MBUNGE WA SEGEREA BONNAH KALUWA AREJESHA KIWANJA KWA WANANCHI WA KATA YA BUGURUNI
Mbunge wa Jimbo la Segerea, Bonnah Kaluwa (kulia), akizungumza Dar es
Salaam leo na wafanyakazi wa Kampuni ya M/S Yassa General Supplies
Limited iliyokodishwa kiwanja kilichopo nyuma ya Kituo cha Polisi
Buguruni ambapo ametoa siku tatu waondoke kupisha ujenzi wa Shule ya
Sekondari ya Buguruni. Mapato ya kiwanja hicho kwa zaidi ya miaka 10
yalikuwa hayajulikani yalipokuwa yakienda.
Ofisa Mtendaji wa Kata ya Buguruni, Remmy Mishehe (kulia), akitoa ufafanuzi kwa wanahabari kuhusu kiwanja hicho.
Maelezo zaidi yakitolewa.
Mmoja
wa mtu aliyedaiwa ni dereva wa kampuni hiyo, akidhibitiwa baada ya
kudaiwa kutoa lugha ambayo siyo nzuri mbele ya mbunge wakati wa ziara ya
mbunge huyo kukagua kiwanja hicho.
Malori ya kampuni hiyo yakiwa yameegeshwa kwenye kiwanja hicho.
Mmoja
wa viongozi wa kampuni hiyo akitoa maelezo kwa Mbunge Bonnah Kaluwa
(kushoto). Katikati mwenye suti ni Mwenyekiti wa Kamati ya Maendeleo ya
Kata ya Buguruni, Barua Mwakilanga.
DK. SHEIN AELEKEA UINGEREZA
Rais
wa Zanzibar na Mwenyekiti wa Baraza la Mapinduzi Dr. Ali akiagwa na
Makamu wa ili wa Rais wa Zanzibar Balozi Seif Ali Iddi uwanja wa ndege
wa Julius Nyerere Mjini Dar es salaam akielekea Nchini Uingereza kwa
uchunguzi wa kawaida wa Kiafya.
Balozi
Seif akimuaga Mke wa Rais wa Zanzibar Mama Mwanamwema Shein katika
chumba cha watu mashuhuri {VIP } kwenye uwanja wa ndege wa Kimataifa wa
Dar es salaam Jijini Dar es salaam. Picha na – OMPR – ZNZ.
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