Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

Minister of Communications and Information Technology
- Amir Zai Sangin -

Statistics

The following is the Telecommunication Statistics of Afghanistan.

GSM Subscribers	5,400,000
CDMA Subscribers	53,867
Landlines	45,235
Penetration	20%
Investments in $ Millions	1,031
Telecom Base Station	2,091
Population Coverage	70%

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Posted on Apr 28, 2008
Minister Sangin attends the 2nd Asian Connecting Rural Communities Forum 2008.
H. E. Eng. A. Sangin Minister of Communications and IT attended the 2nd Asian Connecting Rural Communities Forum in April 2004 in Cochin India.The main objective of this forum was to enhance rural ...

Posted on Apr 26, 2008
Minister Sangin takes part in Thirteen Session of COMSTECH General Assembly in Islamabad, Pakistan
H. E. Eng. A. Sangin Minister of Communications and IT attended the splendid assembly of Ministers in-charge of Science and Technology and high-level delegates from 01-03 April 2008 from a large number ...

Posted on Apr 22, 2008
MCIT builds a technical administrative building in Mastab Qala area of the Kabul City
Today on Tuesday April 23, 2008 Ministry of Communications and IT laid the foundation stone of the technical/administrative building in the Mahtab Qala area of Kabul city.The Ceremony was held including ...

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Latest Tenders

Supply of Barcode scanners and printers
Closing Date: May 20, 2008
The Postal Department of MCIT has received a credit from the (UPU) and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this credit to payments under the contract for Supply of Label Printer & Barcode Scanner ...

Construction of 25,000 lines Copper Cable Network for 7 cities as a second phase of CCN Project in Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Closing Date: Jun 15, 2008
Bid No: MCIT/ Construction of 25,000 lines CCN for 7 cities/ Kabul/ 20081. The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) has received funds in its core development budget through ...

Request for Expressions of Interest (REI) for the Privatization of Afghan Telecom
Closing Date: Apr 21, 2008
The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, through the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies (MCIT), intends to offer for sale 80% of the share capital of Afghan Telecom Corporation (AfTel ...

Mission Critical Organizations

Afghan Telecom

Incorporated under Afghan Law (June 2005), Afghan Telecom is 100% owned by the MCIT.

In addition to the 4 mobile licensees, the MCIT, specifically the licensor the Afghanistan Telecommunications ...

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Afghan Postal Services

The postal administration in the MCIT strictly adhere to basic requirements of development, reform, better service, customer oriented, expansion range of product based on the policies...

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ATRA

The regulatory environment within the telecommunications sector in Afghanistan has been developed rapidly over the last 3 years. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of Afghanistan (ATRA) within the...

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Capacity Building

The new ICTI will bring a very much needed boost of knowledge to both students and technical personnel of the MCIT, Afghan Telecom and Afghan Mobile. Other organisations both from the public and...

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