•
Development
and
Adoption
of
New
Numbering
Plan
–
2nd
Quarter
2008
through
2nd
Quarter
2009
•
Acquisition
of
Quality
of
Service
Monitoring
Equipment
to
independently
monitor
the
quality
of
telecommunications
services
being
provided
by
network
operators
to
the
general
public.
•
Acquisition
of
Spectrum
Management
and
Monitoring
System
to
ensure
effective
use
of
Spectrum
and
to
monitor
the
spectrum
field
to
forestall
interferences.
5.15.1
Completion
of
National
Fibre
Optic
Backbone
to
the
Rest
of
the
Country
The
Ministry
of
Communication
(MoC)
reported
that
the
first
phase
of
the
fibre
optic
backbone
which
was
to
be
extended
to
Tamale
has
been
completed.
5.15.2
Improve
Third
Party
Access
to
Existing
National
Fibre
Optic
Backbone
The
issue
of
improving
third
party
access
to
existing
national
fibre
optic
backbone
is
irrelevant
now.
This
is
because
the
project
has
not
been
completed
and
so
no
third
party
firm
has
been
given
access
to
the
supposedly
already-‐established
fibre
optic
backbone.
Stakeholders
point
out
that
the
implementation
of
the
national
fibre
optic
backbone
is
a
mess
due
to
fact
that
the
Ministry
does
not
have
an
idea
about
how
to
implement
this
project.
5.15.3
Introduce
Greater
Competition
in
Provision
of
Fixed/Land
Line
Network
As
at
end
of
July
31,
2008,
there
were
two
(2)
fixed
line
telephony
operators
plus
six
(6)
mobile
telephony
operators,
four
(4)
of
which
are
fully
operational.
The
fifth
and
sixth
mobile
licenses
were
issued
to
Westel
(Zain
Communications
Group)
and
Glo
Mobile
Ghana
Limited
on
October
31,
2006
and
July
17,
2008
respectively.
It
is
expected
that
when
the
fifth
and
sixth
mobile
licensees
become
operational,
there
would
be
enhanced
network
expansion
and
greater
competition.
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