The Ministry of Communications has been directed to extend the spectrum of telecommunication networks to help with the increase of internet traffic due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Minister of Communications, Mrs. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful stated that Vodafone and MTN have been selected to benefit from the new spectrum policy of an extended-spectrum for free in the next three months.
“As you are all aware data usage has increased dramatically during this period of lockdown an there is congestion on all the networks. So the quality of network services to the general public has been affected. The traffic jams have moved from the streets to online and so the president has directed that the NCA should give more spectrum to the telcos during this period for free and that has been done. Unfortunately, we have limited spectrum available and that has been given to the two telcos that are bearing the brunt of it, which is Vodafone and MTN.” She stated.
“We can also help further by changing our online behaviour a little bit. If you don’t have to make a video call don’t make a video call. Make your normal phone calls it will go through and you will conserve data. Let’s limit the download of music, movies and other stuffs like that, we already have some saved on our phones. TVs are also working, let’s see how we can utilise the available avenues that we have so that we can save the limited data that we have.” She added.
