Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), the regulator of the communications industry has welcomed as a step in the right direction, a partnership that will see MTN-Uganda merge services with Africell. Africell and MTN announced a partnership last week that would see Africell customers use MTN …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Communications Commission-UCC is currently engaging electronic media operators on the need to observe the set advertising standards. According to UCC, the advertising standards require that adverts shouldn’t exceed more than ten minutes within an hour on television and radio stations. They also require …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local musicians and filmmakers have asked the Uganda Communications Commission to implement the local content law. According to the 2006 Broadcasting Policy, local content refers to content which recognizes the culture and linguistic diversity of Uganda. It carries themes of relevance to the local …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Communication Commission-UCC says that it has saved telecom users from a loss of up to USD 500 million (1.8 trillion Shillings) in dropped and blocked calls. UCC Communications Officer Ibrahim Bbosa says that Ugandan telephone users were suffering a 5 per cent …
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