The Zimbabwe Post and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (Potraz) expressed its ambition to connect all districts in the country to the Internet. For this matter, the government requires $123 million to invest in optical fiber.
In the national broadband plan, Potraz clarifies that it wants to provide 1 Mbps connectivity to all districts in Zimbabwe over the next 10 years. In order to do so, the telecom regulator has several steps planed: install several additional kilometers of optical fiber across the territory, deploy complementary backhaul transmission systems to power the access nodes and improve network reliability, and provide a more stable power source to keep the network in operation.
The development of national connectivity will begin in 2021. On Thursday 26 November, during the presentation of the 2021 national budget to Parliament, Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube said part of the $89 million allocated for the telecom and ICT sector would go to the deployment of broadband telecom infrastructure.
