GENEVA – 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 Commission Executive Director, Mr Godfrey Mutabazi is in Geneva, Switzerland participating in the ITU Council … Continue reading UCC MEETS ITU – T STANDARDISATION BUREAU CHIEF

The 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 a manner that ensures the widest variety of programming and optimal utilisation of spectrum resources; … Continue reading NEW STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES

GENEVA – 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, Communication, and Infrastructure among others. The Commission is mandated to coordinate and collaborate with the … Continue reading UCC, AT THE ITU COUNCIL 2019

The 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 to undertake a range of functions in the areas of licensing and standards, spectrum management, … Continue reading UCC Spearheading growth of Uganda’s ICT sector

The 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 telecommunication sector and opened it for competition by licensing multiple players. The year before, in … Continue reading The mobile telephone revolution

When 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 a memory or storage capacity of about 4,000 words. The Ministry of Finance computer was … Continue reading THE ICT REVOLUTION IN UGANDA

The Uganda Communications Commission has today Thursday 30th May 2019, launched twenty-two (22) Third Generation (3G) base stations for broadband connectivity in Uganda, and the main event was held at Namaganga in Jinja. The 3rd RCDF Policy is focusing on broadband rollout, a significant shift from the earlier projects implemented during the First and Second RCDF Policies that focused on access and usage of communication … Continue reading UCC LAUNCHES 22 BROADBAND BASE STATIONS

It is increasingly becoming difficult to separate our livelihood from the amazing innovations that are occurring on top of the telecommunications channels. Think about the new services in transport, e-commerce, business management, financial services, even health, just to name a few of the innovators that are exciting users and it is only the beginning. All of these innovations are riding on the telecommunications and payments … Continue reading GODFREY MUTABAZI, – ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS DATA ECOSYSTEM