Commercial Court Division
to his Ugandan counter part Hon. John Nasasira Minister of Works, Transport and
Communications also introducing Gemtel to Uganda and UTL. Exhibit D.3 raised
important requests by GOSS. It reads in part
“… Southern Sudan is in the process of procuring an assignment of a
telecommunications
country
code
from
the
International
Telecommunications Union (ITU), in the meantime however, Gemtel is
ready to launch services but lacks a country code …”
The letter further reads
“… Uganda Telecom has expressed its willingness to allow Gemtel
network to interconnect with the Uganda Telecom network to allow the
flow of traffic routed to and from the Gemtel network.
This
interconnection is only possible if we are allowed to use the Uganda
Country Code (+256).
In the interest of the development of the region and assisting the Southern
Sudanese people, in accessing telecommunication services we would like to
request you to authorize the appropriate authorities to allow Gemtel to use the
Uganda country code (+256) in the interim …”
In response to this letter Hon. John Nasasira on the 26th April, 2006 (Exh. D. 4)
wrote to The Director of Transport and Communications and the Executive Director
Uganda Communications Commission seeking technical advice to enable him to take
up the issues.
On the 10th May, 2006 (Exh. D. 5) Hon. John Nasasira wrote to his GOSS colleague
and wrote
“… Uganda Telecom Ltd and indeed all Uganda operators can provide
services to Southern Sudan either by extending their network coverage
to the area or by using the Gemtel network, as long as the Government
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