Created in Bamako on October 28, 2003, FRATEL’s main mission is to establish and strengthen collaboration and exchanges between its members. The Moroccan Az-El-Arabe Hassibi led the organization for the year 2023. Louis-Marc Sakala, the director general of the Postal and Electronic Communications Regulatory Agency of Congo (ARPCE), is the new president of the French-speaking Telecommunications...
September 21, 2023, brought together around Meta (formerly Facebook), the 2Africa consortium – made up of telecom operators China Mobile International, Bayobab (formerly MTN Global Connect), Orange (https://www.Orange.com), center3 (formerly stc), Telecom Egypt, Vodafone and WIOCC – has laid the 2Africa cable in the Democratic Republic of Congo, off Muanda in the Kongo-Central province. 2Africa (https://www.2AfricaCable.net/) will...
Since 2011, Congo has been served by a single international fiber optic submarine cable, the WACS. Failures that frequently occur on this infrastructure cause disruption of Internet services. The 2Africa fiber optic submarine cable from the eponymous consortium led by the American company Meta landed on the Congolese coast on Thursday 17 August. This was announced by...
A national roaming agreement between Congolese mobile operators Airtel Congo and MTN Congo has been announced by the Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Post (L’Agence de Regulation des Postes et des Communications Electroniques, ARPCE). In a press release regarding the matter, ARPCE noted that the under the deal MTN Congo will open its network to its rivals subscribers at eight sites,...
Prime Minister Anatole Collinet Makosso launched the test, run with technical support from Chinese tech firm ZTE, on 28 October. This coincided with MTN’s anniversary to mark 20 years of operation in the country. MTN Congo CEO Ayham Moussa posted a tweet: “Hand-in-hand, we have written the last 20 years. We remain pioneers of progress in Africa...
Both countries have the ambition to improve the living conditions of their respective populations thanks to low-cost broadband which offers multiple economic and social opportunities. This is the commitment made when this project started in 2020. Congo and Cameroon are officially interconnected by fiber optics. The network that materializes this digital collaboration between the two States was...
In 2021, the CAB-Congo steering committee set itself the objective of finalizing several projects. However, the Covid-19 pandemic caused a certain slowdown in the realization of the project. While some activities have been completed, others are still in the implementation phase. The Congolese Steering Committee of the Central Africa Backbone (CAB) project, which aims to connect Central...
In April 2018, the Republic of Congo finalized its broadband link with Gabon. A few months ago, it was Cameroon’s turn. The country which is entering a new stage, with the Central African Republic, is pursuing its objective of becoming an ICT hub in Central Africa. The project to build the sub-river fiber optic network between Congo...
Since Friday, November 19, 2021, Vodacom Congo has a new Deputy General Manager in the person of Mrs. Pamela Ilunga. Ms. Ilunga was appointed to this key position by decision of the Board of Directors of Vodacom Congo, alongside Mr. Khalil Al Americani, Chief Executive Officer, in order to ensure in particular the management of External...
Since April 2020, Congo Telecom has a new general manager. Last January, he presented his ambitious plan for a profound transformation of the incumbent operator. He has since taken various actions to achieve his ambitions. Yves Castanou, the managing director of Congo Telecom, revealed to Léon Juste Ibombo, the Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and the Digital Economy,...
