The Somali government is stepping up actions to accelerate the development of ICT while the national Internet penetration rate is 9.8%. The executive is negotiating with satellite internet provider Starlink to launch its services in the country. Somalia will benefit from support from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) to develop its information and communications technology (ICT)...
In September 2022, the NCA board approved a spectrum plan for 2G, 3G and 4G. He then tasked the regulator with developing a strategy for the allocation of 5G spectrum. The Somali National Communications Authority (NCA) is already preparing to launch fifth generation mobile technology in the country. On Monday September 18, the regulator launched the consultation...
The lack of interconnection between the systems of telecom operators has long hampered the full development of the Somali telecom sector. The various attempts by the authorities to correct this irregularity have ended in failure. The Somali telecommunications operators Hormuud, Somtel, Amtel, SomLink, Golis and TeleSom have completed the interconnection of their various networks started last...
For a long time, subscribers to the various telecommunications networks in Somalia could not call each other. This has notably hampered the full development of the Somali telecom sector. Somali telecom operators Hormuud, Somtel, Amtel, SomLink, Golis and TeleSom have started implementing the interconnection agreement signed last December. This was announced by the National Communications Authority of...
The National Communications Authority (NCA) and Somali mobile operators have signed an interconnection agreement to allow end users to call each other seamlessly across different telecoms networks. The agreement was a result of a series of discussions and consultations between the relevant parties that worked out all the fundamental issues necessary for the signing of...
Somalia’s National Communications Authority (NCA) has issued the country’s first spectrum licence to telecommunications provider, Hormuud Telecom. In a recent announcement of the licence, Hormuud won the rights to use frequency bands including 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1.8 GHz, 2.1 GHz, 2.3 GHz, 2.6 GHz, and 3.5 GHz. According to the announcement, spectrum...
Since 2017, the Somali government has started to develop an adequate legal framework for the telecom sector after 26 years of legal vacuum. This framework notably provides for the acquisition of a license by any company wishing to provide ICT and telecom services in the country. Somalia’s National Communications Authority (NCA) has issued Hormuud Telecom with...
According to DataReportal, 14.33 million people in Somalia were not using the Internet at the beginning of 2022. This low penetration rate can be attributed in particular to the insufficient Internet infrastructure in the country, among others. Vertiv, a British company specializing in the provision of digital infrastructure, has announced that it has built a...
Somalia-based operator Hormuud Telecom has attained a globally recognised mobile money certification from trade body the GSMA, an achievement that paves the way for the operator to contribute to Somalia’s stability and focus on key growth areas. Speaking to Developing Telecoms, chief executive Ahmed Mohamed Yusuf highlighted how Somalia has “come a long way” in...
Connected since 2011 to three fiber optic submarine systems, Somalia recorded an increasing demand for broadband connectivity last year. Dalkom Somalia has made a commitment to respond to this by providing the country with new data capacities. Broadband telecom service provider Dalkom Somalia has secured a € 12 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB)...
