Monday, September 3, 2012

Seven firms to bid for third mobile licence

The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications has drawn up a shortlist of seven companies set to take part in the upcoming tender for Cameroon’s third mobile network operator licence. The Cameroon Tribune has named the seven firms as: Indian telecoms group Bharti Airtel, which acquired the majority of Kuwait-based Zain’s African assets in June 2010; Monaco Telecom; Vietnamese military-run Viettel, which also operates in Cambodia, Laos, Haiti and Mozambique, and holds licences in Peru and Timor-Leste; Maroc Telecom, part of the Vivendi Group; Portuguese telecoms group Portugal Telecom; Deutsche Telekom (Detecon); and Technologie et Systeme d'information/Korea Telecom. Cameroon’s Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, Jean-Pierre Biyiti bi Essam, called for expressions of interest for the concession, which includes frequencies for the operation of a 3G network, in May this year.


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OVETEL Seven firms to bid for third mobile licence

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