According to the Herald, Obert Muganyura, the CEO of BAZ, shared this information with the Secretary in the Office of the President, Dr. Misheck Sibanda, and a delegation of BAZ and ZBC management that toured some of the stations identified for the project.
The cost of the project was set at $173 million and the money was sourced through an auction of spectrum to NetOne.
The digitisation project is now expected to be completed by mid-2017 and progress is anticipated if an injection of $27.2 million is made urgently.
This will be used for importing $10 million worth of equipment, satellite lease costs, tower replacements, securing of the 400,000 set top boxes and the digitisation of 15 sites.
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