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Broadband chamber on membership drive

By: Fred Yaw SARPONG

fsarpong@theeventpr.com

Broadband Communications Chamber (BCC), the umbrella body of broadband service providers in the country that provide broadband services says it planning to bring on board other companies whose operations fall in line with the chamber’s activities.
Speaking to the Daily Express, Dr. Yaw Akoto, the acting Chairman of the Chamber, he mentioned the group is made up of only three entities; however there are companies that need to be part of the chamber to fight for one common goal.
According to him, it’s important to bring on board other industry players who are also offering services like the members of the chamber. He said this when the executive of the Network of Communication Reporters (NCR) called on the chamber in Accra. The meeting was to allow the NCR foster relationship towards building a successful telecommunication industry in Ghana.
The chamber is made up of three indigenous companies namely Biu Telecommunications Limited, Broadband Home Limited, MainOne Cable and Surfline Communications Limited. These companies are authorised to provide broadband connectivity through fixed and mobile services.
Dr. Akoto disclosed that the chamber is trying to bring on board Google, Nokia, Huawei, ZTE and K-Net. “We are also targeting Ericsson, Dolphin, Gilat, Glo, Teledata, Comsys,” he added.
He stated that the main idea is to bring these institutions under one umbrella like what the telecom chamber.
“All these institutions one way or the other provides internet services to Ghanaians. Coming together to form a formidable group will improve our service delivery to the public,’ he added.
“It has not been easy with this membership drive. But once it’s the chamber objective to pull them together, we will surely get there.”
He also indicated that one of the ideas is to help the members of the chamber have affordable internet from their suppliers, so that customers will also have cheap internet services. “That’s some of the reasons why we want to bring all these bodies together,” he noted
Dr. Akoto said the chamber is planning to liaise with National Information Telecommunication Agency (NITA), Kofi Annan ICT Centre of Excellence, Alliance for Affordable Internet and the UN Broadband Commission for capacity building. 

The chamber’s objective is to create a private business organization researching and advising on broadband use, policy and regulation for national development. Currently, there are about 300,000 broadband users in Ghana.

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