Godfrey Mutabazi, the last executive director of the UCC, completed his two five-year terms at the head of the institution in 2020. Since then, the interim has been taken over by Irene Kaggwa Ssewankambo. The Ugandan government is seeking to recruit an executive director for the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC). The latter will be responsible for...
Uganda’s parliament has tasked the country’s industry regulator the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) to engage telecommunication service providers in a bid to bolster the quality, reliability and cost of communications services. This week Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa directed the UCC to engage companies to exclusively provide unlimited data and voice call bundles that do not...
The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) says the country’s telecommunications industry has registered modest growth across all major indicators. According to the latest market performance report, fixed and mobile telephone subscriptions grew by 600, 000 from 28.3 million to 28.9 million, a growth rate of 2%, while internet subscriptions grew by 352, 000 from 21.5 million...
The Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) has finally come out to confirm the exit of Africell Uganda from Uganda’s telecom sector. The regulator was established under section 4 of the Uganda Communications Act, 2013(the Act) to oversee and regulate the communications sector in Uganda with the mandate to, among others, monitor, inspect, license, supervise, control, promote...
The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) says the country’s mobile money market is growing faster compared to other markets in Africa. According to a report by the regulator, the number of active mobile money accounts in Uganda stood at 20.3 million as at the end of March 2021. This represents 66% of the 30.5 million registered mobile money...
The Uganda Communications Act, 2013 (the Act) seeks to among others, develop a modern and vibrant Communications sector, which includes telecommunications, data, radio and postal communications, and broadcasting. In order to achieve the aspirations of the Act, a number of strategies have to be employed including but not limited to expanding the existing variety of...
The Uganda Communication Commission (UCC) has suspended the sale- and registration of SIM cards to corporate and government institutions following allegations of fraud. The regulator said it has launched an investigation into the allegations and that no SIM card will be issued to any institution until the investigations have concluded. UCC acting director general Irene...
Mobile data subscribers have driven growth in Uganda's internet subscribers to 16.9 million by December 2019, up from 15.4 million in October 2019.
Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) is proposing improved regulation of over the top services (OTT) such as Facebook and Twitter to encourage investment in the sector. During the second international preparatory meeting hosted by UCC, which attracted stakeholders from different countries in Africa’s telecommunication industry, the Commission proposed that African countries take a stand on all...
