In addition, UEM is now connected directly to the United States, rather than going through South Africa, a development that should further improve transmission. Although some isolated departments have email connectivity, the university as a whole does not yet have Internet. Poor telephone lines are a problem. Legon campus is connected to the Internet through a 64 kbps line. The university plans to upgrade this to 128 kbps, if resources become available.
Work is in progress for the establishment of a campus network.
The network is expected to be up and running by the end of October 1988. The university is not a commercial service provider. University IT and Internet-related initiatives are coordinated by the University Network Management Committee. The Data Processing Unit of the Department of Computer Science is the main university computer center. The library created and maintains the University WEB site.