The director general of GoSS Ministry of Telecommunication and Postal Service said Zain was told to stop laying fiber optic cables in South Sudan until July 9.
Biar Koul Ayeun told SCR News that the government of South Sudan informed the giant mobile operator to uphold the contract of constructing fiber optic connections and cell towers in the region until it gained full independence.
He added that GoSS will award Zain with the lion’s share of communications contracst in South Sudan.
However, senior excutive Hesham Mustafa Allam told Reuters yesterday that Zain’s the decision to rollout in South Sudan was purely a strategic decision.
He said the company had Zain Uganda and Zain Kenya and so to have one network they needed to add Zain South Sudan.