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DAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- The East African Community (EAC) 18th Sectoral Council on Transport, Communication and Meteorology began on Monday in the Burundian capital of Bujumbura to review projects and programs undertaken by the Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC), the EAC said in a statement on Tuesday.

The telecom industry argues that there’s no telecom company intentionally involved in Caller Line Identification Spoofing because it doesn’t benefit them.

East Africa airlines don’t code-share, thus frustrating to travellers who fail to get direct flights between regional cities.

Businesses are accused of canvassing and conniving to increase or reduce tariffs on their goods in order to deny others a chance to sell their goods.

Tanzania’s telecom sector enjoys effective competition, particularly in the mobile segment. There remains considerable movement within the market, with Smart having stopped services in late 2019 and Tigo Tanzania having completed its merger with Zantel. Tigo Tanzania in April 2021 was sold by its parent company MIC as it sought to focus on its operations in Latin America.

Rwanda was slow to liberalise the mobile sector, allowing MTN a monopoly until 2006 when the fixed-line incumbent, Rwandatel (since acquired by Liquid Intelligence Technologies) became the second mobile operator.

Congo is expected to strengthen trade ties, expand market for goods and services, bringing with it a 90 million-strong population.

The profile of the bloc as a trade and investment destination has shrunk due to non-tariff barriers, too high cost of doing business, and unharmonised tax regimes.

Tanzania’s telecom sector enjoys effective competition, particularly in the mobile segment. There remains considerable movement within it, with Smart having stopped services in late 2019 and Tigo Tanzania having completed its merger with Zantel. Tigo Tanzania in April 2021 was sold by its parent company MIC as it sought to focus on its operations in Latin America.

The Ministers were in DRC between June 26 and July 5 to verify the country’s level of conformity to the Treaty for Establishment of the EAC.