In line with GIFTEL's mandate to make operational Community Information Centres (CIC) across the country, a CIC at Apam in the Gomoa West District was completed and commissioned by the Minister of Communications on the 25th of September 2008. With support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), GIFTEL equipped the Apam CIC with 15 computers, a local area network (LAN), a fax machine, a flatbed scanner, a printers, a server and other accessories at a total cost of GH¢51,500.00. The Minister for Communications, ... Read More

Dr Benjamin Aggrey Ntim, the Minister of Communications on 3rd October, 2008 commissioned a Common Telecom facility at Fetentaa in the Brekum Municipality, where KASAPA and ONETOUCH have co-located. The occasion was a realization of the provision of Universal Access to benefit the people of Fetentaa and its environs. Read More

The President, His Excellency John Agyekum Kuffour on 9th September, 2008 commissioned the John Agyekum Kufuor - Catholioc Information Technology Institute at Nkwantakese. The Institute will serve as a Centre of Excellence for training in ICT for the Northern Sector. Also present at the launch were Dr. Benjamin Aggrey Ntim, the Minister of Communications, Hon. Kan Dapaah, MP for the area and His Excellency, the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana. Below are excerpts of the speech by his excellency, President Kufuor: "Government recognizes that much as ICTs ... Read More

The National Communications Authority (NCA) announced on Friday that Nigerian telecommunications company, Glo Mobile (Gh) Limited has been awarded Ghana's sixth mobile licence. A statement issued by NCA in Accra said the licence is for 50.1 million dollars. The statement read: "Pursuant to the National Communications Authority's announcement on the issuance of a 6th mobile licence in Ghana dated 27th March, 2008 and its selection and award process, the Board of Directors on the advice of management has completed the process, which has ... Read More

Internet service providers operating in the country have accused the National Communications Authority (NCA) of instituting a regulatory regime that does not support fair and transparent management of the country's frequency spectrum. The ISPs, at the launching of a report on the state of the communication sector in Accra, said they have lost confidence in the national telecom regulator - to the extent that some of the members of the Ghana Internet Service Providers Association (GISPA) have now decided to resort to court ... Read More