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Halotel Tanzania launches free calls for civil servants

Halotel Tanzania launches free calls for civil servants

Mobile communication company HALOTEL Tanzania has unveiled a new package dubbed Closed User Group which targets public servants with free calling minutes everyday with a view to easing communication.

According to the company’s Deputy Managing Director Mr. Le Van Dai, the company’s decision to launch the package was informed by the need to work with government in fostering development in the country through communication as it seeks to add value while implementing strategic plans towards development.

 “With this service, public servants can communicate among themselves free of charge while enabling real collaboration across the various units at the same time maintaining cost predictably,” he said.

The public servants including teachers, soldiers, police and other government institutions in the whole country, have been connected to a special package, Closed User Group, for one year since July 2016, which gives them 15 free minutes of calling among the group everyday.

The package, aside of enabling the public servants to save costs also provides free Mbs up to 1 GB to government officials whenever they recharge.

The Victoria Primary School teacher, Ms Rabia Mahanu, who is one of the beneficiaries of the Halotel’s Closed User Group free minutes, asserted that the service is timely as the cost of living now is very high thus being able to communicate for free has increased their efficiency at work.

“Now I can call my colleagues anytime without fearing costs to get information or sharing new ideas, but also this service has improved relations among teachers as we are able to communicate more,” she said.

Halotel along with achieving business targets, has also realized its commitments with the government, local authorities and Tanzania people to bring mobile signal to thousands of uncovered villages across the country, to provide optic fibre termination for district committees, police offices, public hospitals and post offices in districts, and furthermore, to provide free internet access for public schools nationwide.

Halotel has already finished proving free Internet connection to 450 schools in the three years programme from October 15, 2015, connecting its fibre optic cable to 150 committee offices, 150 hospitals, 150 police stations, 65 post offices at district level.

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