Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary of the Ministry of ICT Dr Fred Matiang'I has backed Ugandan authorities on the digital migration process.
The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) recently switched off analogue signals in Kampala and surrounding districts as the June 17, 2015 International Telecommunications Union (ITU) dawned on Ugandans.
According Dr. Matiangi, Uganda was the only East African country lagging behind after Kenya, Rwanda & Tanzania had completed the migration process. He said the spectrum for analogue TV will no longer be available as per the Geneva 2006 treaty that was signed by all countries with deadline of 17th/June.
The Dr. further confirmed that the planning of the spectrum together as a region. The frequencies we have planned as region are taken to Geneva to the International Frequency Registration Board.”
Mutabazi the head of UCC, flanked the cabinet secretary and slammed people who were intimating that the whole digital migration process was illegal.
“When we changed from Short Wave to FM, was that illegal? How different is this from analogue to digital?” he said.
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