MTN Congo and Airtel Congo have
invested USD50 million and USD20
million, respectively, on enhancing
their networks with a view to
improving coverage and quality of
service, Biztech Africa reports.
As noted in TeleGeography's
GlobalComms Database, Yves
Castanou, director-general of the
Agence de Regulation des Postes
et Communications (ARPCE),
revealed in April 2014 that both
mobile network operators had
been fined failing to adhere to
legal and regulatory obligations
related to performance, quality
and availability of their mobile
infrastructure. With both having
committed to carrying out work
to improve their networks, these
projects had initially been scheduled
for completion by December 2014.
Now, however, Mr Castanou has
confirmed that both MTN and Airtel
will continue work until June 2015,
following delays which had been
attributed to electricity and logistics
challenges. Having recently met
with officials of both companies,
the regulatory head noted that he
had extended the deadline for work
after considering requests from the
cellcos, saying: ‘It's true that the
operators are experiencing a couple
of problems, but they are working.
We postponed the deadline to June
as we believe that all the work will
be completed by then.
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