LUSAKA, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Zambia's Information and Communication Technology (ICT) regulator on Friday said that it has given a local firm a license to commence mobile phone services operations.
The Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) said it has awarded Beeline Telecoms Limited to become the country's fourth mobile phone service operator.
Patrick Mutimushi, the regulator's director-general said the award of the license follows an analysis of the market which revealed deficiencies in the quality of services by the current operators and the need to stiffen competition.
In 2018, the regulator awarded UZI Zambia, a unit of Unitel International Holdings B.V, registered in the Netherlands a license to commence operations but it was revoked in 2020 after failure to start operations.
Currently, Zambia has three mobile phone service operators namely Airtel Zambia, MTN Zambia and Zamtel. Enditem
