Kinshasa, December 13th, 2021 (CPA)
The Minister in charge of Posts, Telecommunications and New Information Technology, Augustin Kibassa Maliba, signed on Friday evening with the company BCS led by its Director General Yonas Maru, an agreement for the interconnection of 1,500 schools and hospitals, the CPA learned on Saturday from the said ministry.

Yonas Maru said after leaving the hearing that talks about connecting public schools with intranet will start by next month. « Today, the most important was the final agreement to finalize the engagement with the government« , said the Director General in substance, before specifying that the schools and hospitals concerned are located in Boma, Matadi, Mbanza-Ngungu , Kinshasa, Mbuji-Mayi, Tshikapa, Kasumbalesa, Bukavu, Goma, Kasindi, Beni and Butembo.

He maintained that the start of work is planned by the Kongo Central, specifying that the city of Butembo is a priority in its work schedule and that the works can start in five months. BCS, he added, is a wholesale telecommunications infrastructure provider based in Mauritius and operates under license in Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Zambia, Angola, Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic. of the Congo.

This company provides services to more than 35 million end users, with a network spanning more than 10,000 km of backbone and metropolitan fiber optic in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa, as reported below: Kenya is 2,000 km, Rwanda 1,600 km, Uganda is 5,000 km, Zambia is 1,600 km and DRC: 500 km.

“BCS Company offers the following services: wholesale internet (IP transit) and direct internet access (DIA), international private leased line circuit (IPLC), terrestrial transmission and local loop circuits, including Engineering, procurement and construction, contractor and co-construction partner (EPC). ACP