Algerian rivals strike alliance to enhance services

Algeria Telecom and Ooredoo Algeria signed a memorandum of understanding to exchange ideas on innovative services and share infrastructure, a move to enhance their service in the country. Algeria Telecom outlined in a translated statement, the rivals will launch partnership programmes which entails the sharing of services and infrastructure between the two parties. Although no...

Algerie Telecom and Djezzy Collaborate to Revolutionize ICT in Algeria

In a significant move that marks a new era in Algeria’s telecommunications sector, state-owned Algerie Telecom and Djezzy have announced a comprehensive partnership agreement to enhance a range of consumer services. This collaboration signifies a monumental shift in the approach towards the development and promotion of digital content and telecommunication services in Algeria. A Unified Vision for...

Algeria: Djezzy reports 4.7% Q1 revenue rise; hikes investments to improve network

Algerian mobile operator Djezzy posted a 4.7% year-on-year rise in Q1 2023 turnover to DZD23.9 billion (USD176 million) – albeit a slight decrease from the previous quarter’s DZD24.3 billion revenue – which it said was helped by ‘a commercial strategy and a multiplication of strategic partnerships aimed at expanding the corporate customer base, contributing to...

Algeria: the government has made broadband a priority of its general policy

Digital transformation and demand for broadband connectivity is accelerating across Africa. The Algerian government has made it its mission to guarantee the Internet to the entire population.  The Algerian government has made the improvement of the quality of connectivity and the generalization of high and very high speed Internet access one of the priorities of its...

Ooredoo Group prepares to sell its telecom towers in Algeria and Tunisia

Operators are increasingly interested in monetizing their telecom tower assets. MTN, Vodacom, Telkom and Airtel Africa have already explored this option. The Qatari telecommunications company Ooredoo Group announced on Monday September 26 that it plans to sell 20,000 of its telecommunications towers in several of its markets including Algeria and Tunisia. To carry out this operation, the...

Algeria: ARPCE awards extra 900MHz spectrum to Mobilis, Djezzy, Ooredoo

Algeria’s independent telecoms watchdog the Authority for Regulation of Post and Electronic Communications (Autorite de Regulation de la Poste et des Communications Electroniques, ARPCE) has awarded extra 900MHz mobile spectrum to the country’s three cellular network operators. In a brief statement on its website the regulator said that it assigned additional frequencies in the E-GSM band (880MHz-890MHz/925MHz-935MHz)...

Algeria: VEON has started its exit from the capital of Djezzy

Algeria’s third mobile operator, Djezzy, will soon be 100% government-owned. Its foreign shareholder VEON has decided to pay more attention to its activities in Eastern Europe and Asia. The difficult year 2020 for the group contributed to this decision. The Veon company specialized in providing connectivity services and Internet, announced Thursday 1 st July the exercise of its put...

Algeria: Mobilis and Djezzy obtained the renewal of their telecoms license for 5 years

The Algerian government has maintained competition in the national telecoms market. It approved the continuity of the activities of Mobilis and Djezzy. The two operators, with the largest number of subscribers, play a major role in the country’s digital transformation. Mobilis, a subsidiary of Algeria Telecom, and Djezzy have obtained the renewal of their license to establish...

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