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More Africa NewsCameroon: Camtel contracts MTN GlobalConnect to commercialise wholesale internet abroad

July 23, 2021by myles0

Cameroon’s national telecommunications company Camtel has reached a strategic partnership agreement with MTN GlobalConnect, the digital wholesale and infrastructure services company of MTN Group. The protocol agreement, signed recently by the General Manager of Camtel Judith Yah Sunday Achidi and MTN GlobalConnect CEO Frédéric Schepens, paves the way for MTN GlobalConnect to commercialise Camtel’s four...

More Africa NewsCameroon, Gabon fibre interconnection now operational

July 20, 2021by myles0

Cameroon and Gabon have deployed and officially launched a 22km interconnected fibre optic network. This means telecommunication exchanges between the two countries will be direct and not facilitated through international sub-marine cables, thereby reducing cost. The network infrastructure was launched on 15 July in Meyo-Kye, Gabon by Cameroon’s Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, Minette Libom...

More Africa NewsCameroon: Nexttel eager to take on MTN, Orange with mobile money launch

June 15, 2021by myles0

Viettel Cameroon SA, Cameroon’s third privately-owned mobile telecommunications network service provider which operates under the brand name Nexttel, is set to enter the mobile money market in the country. The market is already dominated by MTN Cameroon and Orange Cameroun which run MTN MoMo and Orange Money respectively. Nexttel General Manager Benoit Yaoussou announced recently...

More Africa NewsCameroon: Nexttel promises Mobile Money service “by the end of this year”, in partnership with UBA

June 8, 2021by myles0

The mobile operator Nexttel, controlled by the Vietnamese group Viettel, has undertaken to launch the “Nexttel Possa” service this year in partnership with the Nigerian bank UBA. It will thus compete with the mobile money services of Orange and MTN. The launch of the Mobile Money service of the mobile operator Viettel Cameroon, which operates under...

More Africa NewsCameroon: 122 telecoms sites ordered from NuRAN Wireless by Orange will be operational by December

May 4, 2021by myles0

Rural areas in Africa are currently showing strong financial potential for telecom operators. In Cameroon, Orange has decided to invest a little more there. The company wants to bring a set of value-added services, including mobile payment. The Canadian company NuRAN Wireless Inc, specializing in the provision of mobile and broadband wireless infrastructure solutions, revealed on Thursday...

More Africa NewsCameroon: telecoms regulator puts pressure on operators who neglect subscriber identification

April 12, 2021by myles0

Cameroonian authorities, which are facing several security challenges, must be able to identify the chips used by terrorists. But some telephone operators remain lax as to the rules for identifying their subscribers. The operations to identify telephone subscribers in Cameroon do not seem to be taking place within the standards. This is suggested by a letter that...

More Africa NewsCameroon: Orange expands NAAS contract with NuRAN

March 16, 2021by myles0

NuRAN Wireless has announced that further to its previously disclosed Network as a Service (NAAS) contract with Orange Cameroon announced in October 2020, Orange has exercised its option to add an additional 120 networking sites in the country. Following execution of the option by Orange, the overall total sites to be built over the term...

More Africa NewsCameroon: Camtel devises strategy to overtake competitors

March 11, 2021by myles0

State-owned telecommunications company Cameroon Telecommunications (Camtel) has announced a plan to emerge as the national and sub-regional leader in broadband services and digital transformation. Although Camtel enjoys just 3% share of Cameroon’s telecommunications market – overtaken by rivals MTN Cameroon, Orange Cameroun and Viettel (Nexttel), its management is determined to gain lost ground. Following a...

More Africa NewsCameroon centres ‘Vision 2035’ plan on ICT development

February 15, 2021by myles0

Cameroon has identified ICT as a strategic priority as it executes its Vision 2035 long-term development plan. Speaking ahead of the country’s National Youth Day on 11 February, the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, Minette Libom Li Likeng said the number of internet and mobile users represents “non-negligible potential.” The Minister said Cameroon is on...

More Africa NewsCameroon: ST Digital takes on Cameroon’s telcos for share of datacentre market

February 12, 2021by myles0

Pan-African technology firm ST Digital has established a Tier III datacentre in Douala, Cameroon, operational since end January 2021. The company, a Microsoft Cloud Solution provider with operations in Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon and Togo, says the new datacentre is the first Tier III resource in Central Africa to be owned by an independent player...

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