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The Zambian Minister of Information and Media, Cornelius Mweetwa held talks with StarTimes Chairperson, Xinxing Pang on the possibilities of resuming the halted digital migration phases two and three to complete the remaining 10 percent of the digital migration project.
The Zambian Minister of Information and Media, Cornelius Mweetwa held talks with StarTimes Chairperson, Xinxing Pang on the possibilities of resuming the halted digital migration phases two and three to complete the remaining 10 percent of the digital migration project. The Zambian government wants a win-win situation on the project considering that works that include the construction of eight provincial television studios, transmission sites as well as the building of the National Operation Centre was already at 90 percent stated the minister. He, however, said one of the reasons that led to the suspension of the project was escalation of prices stating that a better deal will suffice.
StarTimes Chairperson, Xinxing Pang said a more conducive arrangement will be offered to the Zambian government. The company will consider squatting the repayment of the outstanding balances of USD 590,000 for phase one and the 12.5 million dollars for phases two and three. He said the company is willing to complete the project within 13 months once all formalities are done.
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The delegation accompanied by the minister consists of officials from the Ministry of Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development, ZNBC as well as the Planning Department under his Ministry.
