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The impact of NICTBB in facilitating the E-Services and M-Services in Tanzania
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posted on 2023-06-08, 21:21 authored by Shaban Msafiri Pazi, Chris ChatwinChris Chatwin—ICT services are a key element of communications and important for socio-economic development. In recognition of the importance of this, the Tanzanian Government started to implement a National ICT Broadband Infrastructure Fibre Optic Backbone (NICTBB) in 2009; this development was planned to be implemented in four phases using an optical dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) network technology in collaboration with the Chinese Government through the Chinese International Telecommunications Construction Corporation (CITCC) under a bilateral agreement. This paper briefly explores the NICTBB network technologies implementation, operations and Internet bandwidth costs. It also provides an in depth assessment of the delivery of ICT services such as e-services and m-services in both urban and rural areas following commissioning of the NICTBB system. Following quantitative and qualitative approaches, the study shows that there have been significant improvements in utilization efficiency, effectiveness and the reliability of the ICT service such as e-services and m-services the NICTCBB was commissioned.
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International Journal of Social, Human Science and EngineeringISSN
1307-6892Publisher
World Academy of Science, Engineering and TechnologyPublisher URL
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3Volume
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186-192Department affiliated with
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2015-07-01First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2015-07-01Usage metrics
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