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Continue reading →: UCC Weekly update 3rd – 14th June 2019The Uganda Communications Commission (the Commission) had an exceptional consumer outreach in West Nile. The areas covered include; Kubala, Arua municipality and Paidha. The activity, unfortunately, had to be postponed while in Odramacaco in compliance with the advisory from the Ministry of Health suspending all mass gatherings and market days…
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Continue reading →: UCC MEETS ITU – T STANDARDISATION BUREAU CHIEFGENEVA – The Director Engineering and Communications Infrastructure at the Uganda Communications Commission, Ms Irene Kaggwa Sewankambo has this morning had a meeting with the Director of the ITU Telecommunication Standardisation Bureau, Dr Chaesub Lee on the 5th floor of the Montbrillant Building. A delegation headed by the Uganda Communications…
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Continue reading →: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR A DATA COLLECTION FACILITATORTHE UGANDA COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION IS CALLING FOR APPLICATIONS FOR A DATA COLLECTION FACILITATOR FOR THE 2019 STUDY ON CHILDREN ONLINE IN UGANDA The internet is a powerful tool through which a person can easily get a substantial amount of information and knowledge, including access to free online classes. However, children…
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Continue reading →: RAISING DIGITAL CITIZENSThe internet has become a daily, trusted, reliable and accurate source of information for many people. Besides, with the increased use of social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat among others, many users especially young people now have access to an almost endless supply of information and…
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Continue reading →: NEW STANDARDS AND GUIDELINESThe Uganda Communications Commission (the Commission) is mandated under Section 5 of the Uganda Communications Act of 2013 to, among others: Monitor, inspect, license, supervise, control and regulate communication services (which includes FM radio broadcasting services). Allocate, license, standardise and manage the use of the radio frequency spectrum resources in…
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Continue reading →: UCC, AT THE ITU COUNCIL 2019GENEVA – Uganda Communications Commission (the Commission) Executive Director Mr Godfrey Mutabazi lead Uganda’s delegation for the International Telecommunications Union Council 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland. The Uganda delegation comprised Commission board Members including Hon Wanjuzi Wasieba and Ms Angwech Pamela Judith alongside Ms Irene Kaggwa Sewankambo, the Director of Engineering,…
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Continue reading →: UCC Spearheading growth of Uganda’s ICT sectorThe Uganda Communications Commission (the Commission) was established to implement the provisions of the Uganda Communications Act of 2013 with a principal goal of providing for the development of a modern communications sub-sector and Infrastructure in Uganda, in conformity with the operationalisation of the Communications Policy. The Commission’s mandate is…
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Continue reading →: The mobile telephone revolutionThe MTN Uganda CEO Mr Wim Vanhellpute made a courtesy call at the Uganda Communications Commission (the Commission) upon returning to the country. MTN Uganda shares the country’s dramatic Mobile telephony transformation which started round about 1996, as part of the ICT policy reform process when the government liberalised the…
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Continue reading →: UCC commissions 22 broadband base stationsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BUSADE , JINJA MAY 30 – The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) in partnership with telecom giant MTN Uganda under the Rural Communications Development Fund (RCDF) launched 22 3G base stations marking the start of the much anticipated network capable of covering the entire country with broadband internet…
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Continue reading →: THE ICT REVOLUTION IN UGANDAWhen the NRM government came to power in 1986, the concept of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) was unfamiliar in Uganda. At the time, only the Ministry of Finance and Makerere University boasted a mini-computer. This was a class of computers that had been designed in the 1960s and had…
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The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) was established under the legal framework of the Uganda Communications Act No. 1 of 1997 and the Electronic Media Act of 1996. Consequently, UCC operates as an integrated regulatory body overseeing various sectors, including Telecommunications, Data Communications, Broadcasting, Postal Communication, Radio Communication, and Infrastructure services throughout Uganda. It is also tasked with the responsibility of licensing operations of cinematography theatres and video or film libraries in Uganda.
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