{"id":33796,"date":"2012-01-11T12:07:46","date_gmt":"2012-01-11T12:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierraexpressmedia.com\/?p=33796"},"modified":"2012-01-11T12:07:46","modified_gmt":"2012-01-11T12:07:46","slug":"sierra-leone-to-revise-telecom-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/?p=33796","title":{"rendered":"Sierra Leone to revise telecom laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Sierra Leone announced on Wednesday that it would revise telecommunication laws in the country as part of its deregulation program in the West African country. The move has been met with praise and optimism by experts and industry leaders, who believe it will open new doors for the country for telecom expansion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Sierra Leone plans to revise telecommunication laws as part of its deregulation program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">The government, in a statement, said that \u201cderegulation will safeguard open access to the African coast to Europe cable.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">That cable is expected to be completed and operational before the end of 2012, and should enhance telecom abilities in the country and the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">The ACE system is a 17,000-km cable that will serve 23 countries between France and South Africa and be the first submarine line to land in Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Mauritania, Sao Tom\u00e9 &amp; Principe, and Sierra Leone. It will connect via terrestrial fiber networks in the landlocked countries of Mali and Niger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">\u201cTowards this end, the GoSL [Government of Sierra Leone] intends to liberalize the international gateway before the cable is commercialized,\u201d the government announced in the statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Analysts are also optimistic of the future and the possibility of Sierra Leone taking a lead in the deregulation of an industry that less than a decade ago was nearly all government run.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">\u201cIt\u2019s a step in the right direction to create new means of telecom expansion and better Internet and knowledge distribution in these countries,\u201d France Telecom\u2019s Mark Gineaux told Bikyamasr.com, who was in Nigeria to speak with the government on new 4G opportunities later this year for the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">\u201cThe GoSL also intends to revise the existing Telecommunications Act to reverse the monopoly of Sierratel over the GoSL international telecommunications and internet gateway,\u201d added the government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\"><em>by David Eto<\/em><em><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;\">Stay with Sierra Express Media, for your trusted place in news!<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<hr align=\"center\" size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sierra Leone announced on Wednesday that it would revise telecommunication laws in the country as part of its deregulation program in the West African country. 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