The Afghan Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT) has a three-year plan to modernize the country’s information technology capabilities.

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MODERN TELECOM SYSTEMS
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2. The Afghan Ministry of Communication
and Information Technology (MCIT) has a
three-year plan to modernize the country’s
information technology capabilities.

3. Through the plan, MCIT seeks to achieve its
vision of bringing positive change to
Afghanistan by connecting people with
knowledge and resources.

4. Its priorities include
establishing telecom and
IT services in all parts of
Afghanistan, including its
most remote areas, and
bringing high-speed
Internet to Afghanistan.

5. It also plans to extend
the country’s fiber
optic network to all 14
provinces and
connect all
intervening districts.

6. Improved technology
also will allow the
Ministry to offer
distance education
and information for
farmers to people in all
parts of Afghanistan.

7. Afghan Wireless, which
was launched as the
country’s first
telecommunications
company in 2002, has
played a key role in
building Afghanistan’s
infrastructure and is the
only mobile services
company in
Afghanistan to cover
every province.

8. In the past several years,
Afghan Wireless has
offered increasingly fast
Internet data services to
its customers and
continues to pioneer
modern
telecommunications in
Afghanistan.