Ministry of Communications and IT -opens Salaam 3G Network in Badakhshan Province

Deputy (Technical) Minister of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) Eng. Baryalay Hassam aiming inauguration of Optic Fiber and Salaam 3G Network visited Badakhshan province  on August 19^th , 2014.

Eng. Hassam leading a delegation first participated the ceremony in Badakhshan province, which were happening on this occasion and faced warm welcome from the official profiles and people of the mentioned province.

In the meeting Deputy Minister Eng. Baryalay Hassam briefly spoke about the development and achievement of MCIT in the field of telecommunications and IT. He said: telecommunication and IT have fundamental role in the social – economic, political, cultural, educational and daily life of the people.

Eng. Hassam give detailed information regarding benefits of Afghan Telecom Salaam Network services; especially for the people, private and public administrations of the province. He stressed: MCIT created Salaam 3G aiming to provide better quality service with affordable prices, and also it will cause serious competition in telecommunication market of the country. He continued that: MCIT struggles to provide CIT and internet services in every corner of the country and decisively determines to transfer Afghanistan to an information society, for this the contribution of the nation is the most required and necessary.

Eng. Hassam mentioned: that Afghan Telecom as a government Telecommunication Company created Salaam 3G investing 65 million dollars of its own revenue.

After that,the governer of Badakhshan Mr. Shah Waliullah Adeeb, local authorities, members of provincial council and dignitaries spoke respectively and appreciated successes of MCIT and expressed their satisfactions.

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