Senegal’s telecoms regulator announced plans to introduce national roaming between operators to bolster coverage in the country.
Karim Sall, director general of L’Autorite de Regulation des Telecommunications et des Postes, ARTP) told news agency APS, talks are underway between Orange, Free and Expresso Telecom to lay the necessary framework for the agreements.
The director general also revealed an assessment would take place at the end of April to determine whether operators have achieved prior coverage targets, stipulated in mobile licenses.
Sall said: “We will measure obligation by obligation the level of achievement or the level of respect of these obligations by the operators”.
The announcement follows President Macky Sall calling on the Ministry of Telecommunications and Digital Economy to bolster efforts to achieve nationwide coverage sooner, reported CommsUpdate.