{"id":131062,"date":"2015-07-03T09:04:06","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T09:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=131062"},"modified":"2015-07-03T09:04:06","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T09:04:06","slug":"cabinet-approves-digital-migration-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/07\/cabinet-approves-digital-migration-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Cabinet approves digital migration contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cabinet has approved an 82.4 million dollar Digital Migration contract to be executed by a Ghanaian company K-NET Limited.<\/p>\n<p>The migration to digital terrestrial television (DTT) will guarantee multiple TV channels, clearer pictures, better sound quality and offer more opportunities for advertisers and broadcasters.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;upulqDmPO78IODPfuSy9kuGkTxQ5FZU2&#8243;]K-NET is expected to complete the entire migration process in 9 months as the project is divided into 3 phases.<\/p>\n<p>Cabinet, at a previous sitting, approved the auctioning of spectrums to be freed from the migration to pay for the cost of the digital migration.<\/p>\n<p>KNET&#8217;s 82.4 million dollar contract sum is 13 million dollar cheaper than the 95 million dollar Star Times contract, which was terminated for non-performance.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1996, K-NET is a wholly Ghanaian owned\u200b \u200btelecoms infrastructure company providing world-class telecoms services comparable to international best standards.<\/p>\n<p>With 100% network coverage in Ghana and footprints across sub-Saharan Africa, the Ghanaian company is also the major provider of connectivity services to over 50 radio stations and 30 TV channels in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>K-NET owns the\u200b \u200bbiggest ISP infrastructure supporting Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT), Direct -to-Home TV (DTH) and Telecoms.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cabinet has approved an 82.4 million dollar Digital Migration contract to be executed by a Ghanaian company K-NET Limited. 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