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48 digital transmitters installed to improve broadcasting services
01 Aug 2015 at 18:37hrs | Views
Zimbabwe has started installing 48 digital transmitters to improve access to broadcasting services countrywide in a development that is expected to revolutionarise the availability of Internet services in remote areas in line with Zim-Asset.
Secretary for Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Mr George Charamba on Wednesday said out of the 48 broadcasting digital transmitters, half of them would be installed in new sites around the country while the other half were on existing sites and in need of only slight modifications.
Speaking after a tour of broadcasting digitalisation sites in Mashava and Buchwa in Mberengwa, Mr Charamba said the 24 new broadcasting digital transformers would soon start being shipped into the country from China in batches.
He said the equipment from Huawei had already been paid and expressed optimism that most of the installation work would have been completed by October this year.
"The 24 new digital transformers will be shipped into the country in batches of six while work on the 24 existing transmitters that will undergo some fine-tuning and slight changes will be continuing,'' he said.
Secretary for Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Mr George Charamba on Wednesday said out of the 48 broadcasting digital transmitters, half of them would be installed in new sites around the country while the other half were on existing sites and in need of only slight modifications.
Speaking after a tour of broadcasting digitalisation sites in Mashava and Buchwa in Mberengwa, Mr Charamba said the 24 new broadcasting digital transformers would soon start being shipped into the country from China in batches.
He said the equipment from Huawei had already been paid and expressed optimism that most of the installation work would have been completed by October this year.
"The 24 new digital transformers will be shipped into the country in batches of six while work on the 24 existing transmitters that will undergo some fine-tuning and slight changes will be continuing,'' he said.
Source - herald
