MTN Guinea, the country’s second largest mobile network operator (MNO) by subscriptions, has been awarded a 4G operating licence by the Regulatory Authority for Post and Telecommunications (L’Autorite de Regulation des Postes et Telecommunications, ARPT). The regulator announced in a statement that MTN’s 2G and 3G licences were also renewed on 4 February, although no further details regarding their duration or payment terms were disclosed.
MTN is the country’s second MNO to be granted a 4G permit; Orange paid USD90 million in March 2019 for a ten-year concession which also included extensions for its existing 2G and 3G licences.