TPA services set to improve after TTCL’s fibre connectivity
TANZANIA Ports Authority’s (TPA)
services are set to improve following completion of a major Information
and Communication Technology (ICT) project connecting the headquarter’s
office and its 13 branches throughout the country.
The project connects TPA with the
Tanzania Telecommunications Company Limited (TTCL) with Fibre Optic
Cable through a system called Multiprotocal Label Switching Virtual
Private Network (MPLS VPN).
Through MPLS VPN system, TPA’s voice,
data and internet services are set to be efficient and facilitate in
improving services. “This project implemented by TTCL will help us
improve ports’ services and those for our clients,” the TPA Acting
Director for ICT, Mr Killian Chale, said during the official project
handover ceremony held in Dar es Salaam over the weekend.
TPA’s branches connected with the system
include headquarter office, Mwanza Port, Kigoma Port, Mtwara Port,
Tanga port, Dar es Salaam Port, Mafia Port, Lindi Port, Kilwa, Pemba,
Bukoba, Nansio and Musoma Ports.
According to Mr Chale, communication
between one port and another will now use CISCO extension that is less
expensive and efficient. “Paper works have tremendously dropped, hence
increasing efficiency,” he noted.
He explained that the project was part
of the ongoing efforts to improve Tanzania’s ports and make them
competitive. He urged TTCL to continue with such a healthy relations
with TPA to make the country’s ports modern in terms of ICT.
TTCL’s Chief Technical Officer, Mr
Senzige Kisenge hailed TPA for the decision to upgrade ICT
infrastructure. “Your decision conforms to the government’s mission to
use technology in attaining sustainable development,” he said.
He noted that the project was a major
step for TPA’s digital transformation that will help the authority to
improve quality of services and increase in trade.
So far, over 200 offices under the Prime
Minister’s Office, Local Government and Regional Administration have
been connected with TTCL’s optic fibre. Also connected include
hospitals, various government’s institutions, banks, telecommunication
companies among others
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