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A new licence system governing Egypt’s fiercely competitive telecoms sector is expected to be rolled out within weeks, paving the way for mobile and fixed-line operators to vie for each other’s business.
Malgré la période de turbulences économiques qui a suivi le spectaculaire changement politique du début d’année en Tunisie, un optimisme prudent semble gagner du terrain et annonce pour 2012 la reprise d’une économie tunisienne quelque peu ébranlée en 2011. La récente arrivée en Côte d’Ivoire d’un réseau mobile de quatrième génération de norme LTE (4G LTE) représente un signe supplémentaire de la vigueur du redressement de l’économie du pays suite à la crise de 2011.
Le secteur hautement concurrentiel de la téléphonie au Gabon s’apprête enfin à entrer dans l’ère de la 3G avec un tout premier lancement annoncé fin avril. Airtel Gabon, le plus grand opérateur mobile du pays en parts de marché, sera le premier à offrir des services en 3G, et devrait être suivi par Gabon Telecom d’ici à la fin 2014.
Over the past 15 years, Egypt has built a growing reputation as a centre for export-oriented ICT services, particularly business and knowledge process outsourcing (BPO and KPO), with revenues that exceeded $1.1bn in 2011, according to a Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) presentation last year.
The completion of a recent spectrum auction in Nigeria represents a big step forward for the mobile broadband networks. However, given the challenges and costs of maintaining the infrastructure for high-speed access, there is increasing attention from both the public and private sector to reducing overheads and improving infrastructure efficiency.
Having already benefited from initiatives such as mobile banking service M-pesa, Kenya’s commitment to further develop the information and communications technology (ICT) industry is expected to create opportunities for private sector investors.

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