The Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation (TTCL) on Tuesday signed an agreement with the Burundi Backbone Systems (BBS) to provide broadband Internet services to the tiny east African country.
The TTCL Chief Exercutive Officer (CEO), Waziri Kindamba, said this shortly after he signed the agreement with BBS CEO Elie Ntihagowumwe in Dar es Salaam.
Kindamba said that the 6 million dollars deal would be implemented in Burundi for the next 10 years.
He assured Burundi of first class broadband Internet services.
He added that the deal would enable TTCL to broaden its business portfolio in the east African region and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region with a population of 344 million.
“TTCL will provide first class broadband Internet services in Burundi through our stations in Kabanga and Manyovu in the border region of Kigoma,” said Kindamba.
He added that following the signing of the agreement Burundi would now be connected with the rest of the world.
Kindamba said the new Internet services would ease and improve business between traders in the two neighboring countries that are also member states of the East African Community (EAC).
Other EAC member states are Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, and South Sudan.
The state-run TTCL has more than 2 million clients in Tanzania. (Xinhua/NAN)
