Work on the Senegal Horn of Africa Regional Express (SHARE) cable is under way. Huawei Marine Networks (HMN), a provider of a submarine-network solutions this week announced the start of work on the SHARE cable, which will extend from West Africa far into the Atlantic Ocean.
The mobile operator Expresso, a Senegalese subsidiary of the Sudanese telecoms group Sudatel, has decided to postpone the deployment of its 4G network to an undefined date. This decision stems from the current health context and the state of emergency decreed by the government which force the whole population, in particular a large part of its...
Fatou Sow Kane, the director of the commercial pole – company of the mobile operator Expresso, announced on March 3, 2020 the technical launch of 4G by the company. However, the network will not be accessible to consumers until March 31. “With this 4G Expresso, the experience will be even better in terms of connection, speed...
The National Telecommunications Company (Sonatel) of Senegal, a subsidiary of the French telecoms group Orange, recorded revenue of 1,086.6 billion FCFA in 2019, up by 64.6 billion FCFA compared to to 2018. Despite a tense business environment in these different markets – political and economic crisis in Bissau, precarious security context in northern Mali, political...
The Senegalese Association of Information and Communication Technology Users (ASUTIC) supports the entry of a fourth operator in the national telecom market. In an interview given on October 10, 2019 to the newspaper Sud Quotidien , Ndiaga Guèye (photo), the president of the association, said that a new actor would revive the competition in a market where he...
As 4G-related activity continues across Africa there’s news of promotional efforts in Senegal and an imminent rollout in Zanzibar. Yesterday saw the official rebranding of Tigo, Senegal’s second largest mobile operator by subscribers, as Free Senegal, following the company’s acquisition by the Saga Africa Holdings consortium in April last year. Now the new brand is...
The virtual mobile network operator (MVNO) Serius Telecoms Africa, owned by businessman Mbackiyou Faye, officially launched on 31 January 2019. The telecom company obtained its operating license in June 2017, after having applied for a public call for applications launched on April 12 by 2017, by the Regulatory Authority for Telecommunications and Posts (Artp). Nine companies...
The mobile operator Tigo, a subsidiary of Saga Africa Holdings Limited, can now begin the deployment of its 4G service in Senegal. The telecom company has taken possession of all the authorizations to this effect. On January 10, 2019, the General Manager of the company, Mass Thiam, signed the concession agreement with specifications, for the operation...
The People’s Republic of China and Senegal intend to initiate cooperation in new economic areas, including digital. Wang Yi, the State Counselor and Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs, unveiled it on January 6, 2019 in Dakar where he made a short trip, as part of the African tour begun on January 2, by Ethiopia , Burkina...
