Besides CIUEM (Centre Informatica
at the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane), Teledata, a joint venture between TDM and Marconi
Portugal (Telecom of Portugal), has been the major provider of national and international
connectivity in Mozambique through its X.25 PSDN service. Apart from Maputo, the service
has now been expanded to two other major cities, Beira and Nampula. Teledata's
Internet service recently became available, and the number of lines is being increased
from 8 to 16.
CIUEM has been responsible for
establishing the University's LAN which provides e-mail services in Maputo and Internet
access on campus. Until September 1997, the Center was the only source of low-cost
Internet e-mail access in the country. The Center plans to develop an Internet link
with TDM to improve peering with the other ISPs.
With the assistance of the
USAID’s Leland Initiative in May 1997, Telecomunicações de Moçambique (TDM) has
installed a gateway node that provides a direct link to the international Internet network
via a VSAT antenna with 192 Kbps of spacial segment. The Internet service was deregulated
and presently five Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are connected to the gateway through
leased lines at 64 and 128 Kbps. These are Virtual Connection, Computer Solutions, MicroNet-Tropical Alliance,
EMIL and GARP.
Internet host sites: 179
(2000)
Internet subscribers
(1999):
- Total: 5,000
- Internet subscribers per 10,000
inhabitants: 2.68
Internet Users (2000):
- Total: 30,000
- Users per 10,000 inhabitants: 15.24
Internet use by categories:
- Commercial:
- Academic:
- Research:
- NGO/UN/International:
- Government:
- Others:
Internet bandwidth (Kbps):
1000
