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Competition continues to grow in Gabon’s mobile telephony sector, as four operators vie for market share in a population of just 1.5m. As mobile subscriber numbers are nearing saturation, future growth will be driven by the expansion into new products and services. Two projects that have long been in the works – commercialisation of the new Africa...

Chapter | Telecoms & IT from The Report: Gabon 2013

As mobile subscriber numbers are nearing saturation, future growth will be driven by the expansion into new products and services. In anticipation, mobile operators are working to introduce value-added services and improve overall network quality. In the meantime, operators are working to expand their infrastructure networks ahead of the switch to 3G. The current absence of 3G services means that...

Long viewed as a bastion of stability in the Central African region, thanks in part to large hydrocarbon revenues that have helped it maintain one of the highest levels of per capita income in the region, Gabon has been able to leverage its diplomatic clout throughout sub-Saharan Africa. 

Le succès du mobile banking au Kenya a entrainé le lancement d’initiatives du même type à travers tout le continent africain, obtenant cependant des résultats plus mitigés. Au Gabon, les opérateurs de télécommunications sont confrontés à un marché de plus en plus concurrentiel et espèrent utiliser les programmes de transactions financières à partir de téléphones portables pour améliorer leur performance.
L'atterrissement du câble sous-marin à fibre optique Africa Coast to Europe (ACE), effectué à la mi-décembre 2012, devrait permettre d'accroître la connectivité pour le secteur balbutiant des TIC gabonaises, dans les deux prochaines années.
L'agence de régulation des communications électroniques et des postes (ARCEP) a lancé plusieurs initiatives pour améliorer les services de téléphonie mobile du Gabon, en initiant notamment une série d'audits des services mobiles. Malgré la forte compétitivité du secteur, l'organisme s'est dit préoccupé par la faiblesse de la couverture réseau et la qualité de service insuffisante.

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