Program Management and Monitoring – The primary objective of this report is to
ensure that the monitoring of the program as a whole is sufficient for the long term
sustenance of the rural program. It has appraised the current organisation set up of
the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DTPS) which is
responsible for the rural telecommunications program within government. The
deliverable seeks to map the appropriate structure and resource requirements for
the DTPS in order to meet current and future needs both within the rural
telecommunications program and ICT in general. It recommends an ideal reorganisation of the department including associated staffing levels, duties and
functions to be considered for the DTPS as well as linkages, structures and
processes for related organisations. It also calls for the cooperation and
coordination among the key stakeholders such as the regulator, operators and
other government departments for the successful implementation and monitoring
of the rural program.
Network Infrastructure Standard – This deliverable provides the minimum
standards requirement for the implementation of the telecommunications network.
It also supplements the tender documents developed in the Selection and
Monitoring deliverable.
Rural Telecommunications Strategy
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