Tamale telephones modernised to increase customers access

Tamale, (Northern Region) 6th May ?99,

Ghana Telecom is modernising and expanding the existing telephone cable network in the Tamale municipality under a four year programme dubbed customers' access network (CAN).

Speaking in Tamale on Wednesday, the northern regional director of Ghana Telecom, Mr T.O. Acheampong said the first of the projects which is nearing completion involves 2,800 lines to cover the central and eastern portions of the city.

The other phases will cover the rest of the Tamale municipality and Yendi, the region's second largest town.

Mr Acheampong said the digital exchange capacity has been increased from 3000 to 5000 but less than 2000 people have been connected due to the limited coverage of the old cable network.

" It is hoped that when the CAN is completed, more people can have easy access to telephone subscription".

Mr Acheampong explained that in selecting the areas to be covered, priority is given where there are constant problems and where there is a large concentration of subscribers.

Subscribers with the wireless local loop (WILL) telephones will be switched to the CAN at no extra cost.

He said the WILL telephones will be given to nearby districts which are not covered by the CAN but are between 30 and 50 kilometres radius of the company's digital switch.