During the recent launching workshop for a project on capacity building and the effective use and management of Tanzania ICT (Information Communications Technology) resources within the public sector, the Director of Human Resources for the office of President Jakaya Kikwete, Faisal Issa, indicated that there is currently a need for further expertise and well trained professionals in the area of ICT within the public sector  in order to ensure the smooth execution of e-government within the country.

According to a report by the Daily News, following its recent nomination as Tanzania's Most Respected Company of 2009, the mobile phone operator, Zain Tanzania, was recently presented with the prestigious award at a gala dinner that was held in Nairobi and was given to the managing director of Zain Tanzania, Khaled Muhtadi, by the senior partner for PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC), Leonard Mususa.

A report published by the East African Business Week (EABW) earlier this month indicated that the Tanzania Telecommunications Company Limited (TTCL) has officially announced its full connection to the recently completed International Submarine Optic Fiber Cable System.

According to a recent report by that was published by the IDG magazine, the Tanzania telecoms sector has become the first beneficiary of an AfriNIC led Internet infrastructure project that is intended to improve the resilience to distributed denial of service attacks by setting up copies of root servers.

A recent report by The Citizen has indicated that the Tanzania telecoms sector has already received a total of Tsh833 billion from the South African based Vodacom Group, who has said that the country is a strategic business location for international operations.

Seacom International has officially launched the highly anticipated undersea fiber-optic cable that is now expected to provide Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya Mozambique and South Africa with high-capacity internet connectivity at much lower costs than are currently being provided by the existing satellite networks.

According to a recently statement that was recently released in Dar es Salaam, Vodacom Tanzania has successfully obtained a loan from a group of local banks in the amount of USD 90 million in order to help finance capital expenditure.