Avaliação do impacto económico e social da expansão da rede telefónica fixa na zona sul: o caso da TDM, E.P.

Abstract

The aggressiveness of the market, as a product of competition, and the demands of consumers in seeking to satisfy their needs with a level of quality, determines that the company Telecomunicações de Moçambique, increasingly intensify the exploration of new technologies to expand the network telecommunications, thus contributing to the economic and social development of the country. Day after day, the company's external environment changes, that is, there are economic, political and social transformations that contribute to the development at a regional and international level in the field of technology and Information Systems. The company also increases the parameters of its vision and business mission in achieving merit and leadership in the provision of telecommunications services. This implies the need for network planning in the short, medium and long term, with the aim of expanding telecommunications services, in order to better respond to the growing needs of customers. In compliance with the program for the development of telephone network infrastructure in the south of the country, several projects were implemented. Among these projects, the construction of the external network should be highlighted, which focused on the dismantling and replacement of the old network, expansion and modernization of the switching and transmission telephone exchanges, with the aim of increasing the company's capacity and profitability. The expansion of the telecommunications network, consists in the application of capital for the acquisition of fixed and circulating capital goods, for the improvement of infrastructure, with a view to creating real economic value that allows the company to ensure sustained growth, with a view to ensure business profitability and innovation capacity. In this context, it is essential that the company achieve adequate levels of productivity, competitiveness to successfully face the issue of business rationality, an aspect of capital importance for the success of any investment.