London — In a market dominated by Orange, Senegal's regulator has chosen to try and add more competition by adding three 4G ISPs (see issue 920: ) and now three new MVNO operators. Russell Southwood looks at who's entering the race and whether MVNOs are the answer to the question.
At the end of January 2019, one of the MVNOs Sirius Telecom (owned by local businessman Mbackiou Faye who is also CEO) and the regulator ARTP laid on a "dog and pony" show to give a fair wind to its launch in June. Held in ARTP's swanky new offices in Dakar's Rond Point, Sirius Telecom's CEO said he would like the MVNO to lower both voice and data rates:"The Internet today, in a way, is a must for everyone. So, the more everyone uses it, I think that extending the base and reducing the charges can really reduce the real cost for both calls and data."
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