Uganda’s dead and forgotten Telecom Company, Uganda Telecommunications Limited (UTL) and a Chinese manufacturer known as Xinlan, have gone into partnership to manufacture mobile handset phones in Uganda using the locally available raw materials like Coltrane.
According to the Ugandan government, this partnership will also explore avenues into research, development in communication on top of manufacturing customized mobile phones.
Xinlan Company are manufacturers of mobile phone sets such as those branded Huawei and Samsang.
President Yoweri Museveni disclosed the venture at State House, Entebbe on Tuesday, during a meeting with Uganda Telecommunications (UTL) official Mr. Bemanya Twebaze.
A Cellular Mobile Phone handset, set to be locally manufactured in Uganda in the near future, was also exhibited. State Minister for Investment, Hon. Evelyn Anite attended the meeting.
President Museveni also reiterated the need for UTL management to revamp its services through strategic and profitable channels.
