Telecommunication
Infrastructure | Informatics | ICT Training and Development | Broadcasting/Media
Telecommunication Infrastructure
Sudan Telecommunications
Public Corporation (STPC) which was established in 1942 was divided into a private
telecom company, Sudan Telecommunications Company (Sudatel), and a
regulatory body, National Telecommunications Council (NTC) with effect
from September 1994.
NTC is
responsible to the Ministry of Roads and Communications.
Sudatel is a
private company where the government has the majority of shares but only 20% of the voting
power and control. Sudatel is charged with the provision of a national backbone,
including national and international telecommunications services, and it has a 15-year
lease with effect from 1994.
Teledensity:
- Total: 0.87
(1999)
- Largest cities:
4.49 (1999)
- Rest of the country:
0.20 (1999)
Digital main lines: 95.0
(1999)
Waiting list for a telephone
line:
- Total:
355,000 (1999)
- Average waiting time:
7.0 years (1999)
- Total demand (k):
606.4 (1999)
- Satisfied demand (%):
41.5 (1999)
Telephone Tariffs:
| PSTN connection charge - residential |
US$ 27 |
| PSTN connection charge - business |
US$ 49 |
| PSTN monthly subscription - residential |
US$ 2.0 |
| PSTN monthly subscription - business |
US$ 2.0 |
| PSTN three minute local call |
US$ 0.02 |
Source: World
Telecommunication Indicators 2000/2001
Public telephones: 3,400
(1999)
Public telephones per 1,000
inhabitants: 0.12 (1999)
Mobile cellular subscribers:
13,000 (1999)
Mobitel,
40% owned by Sudatel and 60% by local investors, is a GSM network established in 1997. Its
coverage is Greater Khartoum (approximately 400 square kilometers).
Cellular subscribers as a % of
total telephone susbcribers: 4.9 (1999)
Mobile cellular tariff:
| Connection charge |
US$ 587 |
| Monthly subscription |
US$ 13.7 |
| Three minute local call - peak |
US$ 0.14 |
| Three minute local call - off-peak |
US$ 0.14 |
Source: World
Telecommunication Indicators 2000/2001
Telecommunications revenue (M
US$): 101.4 (1999)
Telecommunications investment (M
US$): 67.3 (1999)
Telecommunications investment as
a % of revenue: 66.4 (1999)
Telecom equipment exports (M
US$): na
Telecom equipment imports (M
US$): 22.4 (1999)
Telecentres:na
Facsimiles: 18,000
(1998)
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Informatics
The coordinating ministry for local
governments has established a national network consisting of a LAN in each of the 19
states. The network provides management and statistical information on health,
agriculture, food, and other matters related to local governments to the centre.
A modern network using frame relay
technology now covers Greater Khartoum and the major cities. It links banks, universities
and other organisations, and it has a speed of 2 Mbps and supports remote logins, FTP,
e-mail and teleconferencing.
The establishment of a Higher
Education Network is underway. Currently, it is an administrative network connecting 26
government universities.
The University of Gezira
established an e-mail service at the Faculty of Medicine in 1996 with support from an
International Development Research Center (IDRC) project which linked the university with
the Centre for International Health (CIH) at McMaster University in Canada. The system
connects twice a day with the GreenNet Internet gateway in London. The system is available
to the university faculties and NGOs such as WHO, Agricultural Research Corporation,
Omdurman Children's Hospital, Wad Medani Teaching Hospital and the Sudanese National Aids
Programme (SNAP).
There is an operational HealthNet node at
the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Khartoum.
Computer
per 100 inhabitants: 0.29 (1999)
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ICT
Training and Development
The number of
university level programmes in computer and information sciences is growing rapidly.
Vocational training is not in par with higher education in this respect.
| Educational
level |
Number
of students in 1999 |
Number
of Universities |
| 1. Computer and
information science |
|
|
|
|
103 |
3 |
|
|
480 |
7 |
|
|
600 |
5 |
| 2. Communication
engineering and technology |
|
|
|
|
18 |
3 |
|
|
150 |
4 |
|
|
80 |
3 |
Sudan has also a well-set-up
Telecommunications Training Centre established by the former Sudan Telecommunications
Public Corporation (STPC).
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Broadcasting/Media
Radio
broadcasting: There are two national radio broadcasters in Khartoum, Radio
Omdurman and Sudan National Broadcasting Corporation. The latter
provides radio programmes in Arabic, English and several southern Sudanese languages.
Government-owned radio stations are also available in 16 states, and all broadcast in
Arabic only.
Television
broadcasting: Sudan Television is the state-owned operator
broadcasting nationally in Arabic.
Radios per
100 inhabitants: 27 (1995)
Television
receivers per 100 inhabitants: 17.3 (1999)
Pay TV
decoders: na
Cable TV
subscribers: na
Home
satellite dishes/antennas: 22,000 (1999)
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