Guinea-Bissau began work to connect to the ACE cable in 2017. It is the last country in West Africa to connect to this infrastructure launched in 2012 and which connects around twenty African and European countries. Guinea-Bissau finalized, Tuesday, March 28, its connection to its first international fiber optic submarine cable: the Africa Coast to...
MTN Group has announced the appointment of Eliane Houphouet-Boigny as the CEO of MTN Guinea-Bissau, effective 1 July 2021, the latest woman to take the helm at an MTN operation. “I would like to welcome Eliane to the MTN family and look forward to her taking MTN Guinea-Bissau to new heights, as we work to...
Guinea Bissau’s National Regulatory for Information and Communication Technologies (ARN-TIC) has fined MTN XAF691,919,023 (approximately about US$1.3 million) for collecting excess interconnection fees from subscribers over a period of 21 months. According to the telecommunications regulator, on 25 November 2020, MTN Guinea-Bissau (formerly trading as Spacetel Guinea-Bissau) was officially accused of anomalies in its tariff...
