Kasapa  Telecom  has  extended  its  operations  to  seven  (7)  regions  in  the  country.  The  rest  of  the   regions  that  is  the  Upper  East,  Upper  West  and  the  Northern  regions  will  be  covered  by  the  end   of  the  year  or  early  2009.   Mobile  telephony  has  increased  remarkably  since  the  introduction  of  competition  in  the  sector.   With  a  subscriber  base  of  just  over  90,000  corresponding  to  0.5%  mobile  penetration  as  at  year   end  2000,  subscription  has  risen  to  9,487,000  corresponding  to  a  penetration  of  43.1%  as  at  the   end   of   June   2008.   The   NCA   believes   that   this   achievement   has   come   about   because   of   good   policies,  effective  regulation  and  a  heightened  level  of  competition  among  operators.  Below  is  a   graph  depicting  growth  in  the  mobile  telephony  sector:     Source:  National  Communication  Authority,  2008   This   exponential   growth   has   been   accompanied   by   decreasing   end-­‐user   tariffs   however   the   growth   has   not   been   matched   with   the   requisite   quality   of   service   delivery   –   i.e.   Mobile   operators  have  not  been  able  to  scale  up  (by  providing  adequate  infrastructure  such  as  more   cell   sites   and   interconnect   trunk   capacity)   to   meet   the   growth   in   demand.     The   industry   has   been  facing  challenges  with  respect  to  site  acquisitions,  mast  installations  etc.,  which  hampers   113