The National ICT Broadband Backbone is managed and operated by the Tanzania Telecommunications Company Ltd. (TTCL) on behalf of the government of the United Republic of Tanzania, through the ministry of Communication Science and Technology (MCST)

NICTBB helps to fulfil the increasing demands of information services, strengthen competitive abilities of domestic data and voice operators as well as bridging the digital divide. It is necessary in developing high speed broadband and helps to efficiently exploit the benefits from undersea submarine cables landing in Dar es Salaam by providing high quality capacity fiber optic connectivity from Tanzania to within Africa and the rest of the world. NICTBB is redefining everything that we know in e-government, e-learning, e-health, e-commerce, etc.