The Ministry of Tele-communications and Information Technology said on Saturday that currently 26 million SIM cards are active, covering 80 to 85 percent of the country.
The ministry’s spokesman, Enayatullah Alokozay said that over the past four years, the ministry has planned 550 new telecom sites, of which 120 are already operational, and private telecom companies have established more than 1,050 new towers across various provinces.
He emphasized that extending telecom services has been a national priority, especially in remote and previously underserved areas.
Alokozay said that the regions that had no access to communication networks in the past two decades are now connected, marking a major milestone in Afghanistan’s digital expansion.
Source: https://thekabultimes.com/nearly-85-of-country-covered-by-telecom-network-ministry/
