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WHOLESALE UPDATES SAMENA TRENDS

NCC Amends International Termination Rate Determination, Sets Fee at

USD0.1

The Nigerian Communications Commission was the minimum that could be charged, and IDA operators are able to terminate
(NCC) has announced that it has increased and operators were free to negotiate a rate inbound international calls in the network of
the international termination rate (ITR) for above the floor via commercial negotiation domestic operators at a 21% discount. The
voice services paid by overseas telecoms with other operators and international NCC has added that the mobile termination
carriers for terminating international calls carriers/partners. However, following rate (MTR) of NGN3.90 (USD0.009)
on local networks in Nigeria to USD0.10 per complaints from industry players that for generic 2G/3G/4G operators and
minute. The new rate will take effect on 1 this had led to discriminatory pricing, it NGN4.70 for new entrant LTE operators
September 2022 and has been set in US has been determined that the new rate determined in 2018 will continue to apply
dollars (USD) to enable Nigerian operators of USD0.10 will be the fixed price for for local call termination until a new rate
to receive an increasing rate in Nigerian naira international termination services and that is determined by the regulator. Previously,
(NGN) terms to accommodate devaluation. operators are no longer free to negotiate a the ITR for inbound traffic was increased
It repeals the previous ITR decision which rate above or below that level. It applies for from NGN3.90 to NGN24.40 per minute in
came into effect at the start of this year and mobile operators and international carriers, October 2016 and the rate was maintained
set the rate at USD0.045. The previous rate while smaller Nigerian transit carriers at this level from 1 June 2018.

ATS Signs Reseller Agreement with Speedcast to Expand Business and

Widen Customer Base

US-based global satellite connectivity (ATS), Algeria’s leading satellite services for ATS’ resell, expanding and optimizing
provider Speedcast has signed a reseller operator. The agreement will provision the Algerian company’s business in VSAT
agreement with Algerie Telecom Satellite Speedcast’s experience and expertise solutions and services. Via the partnership
ATS aims to widen its customer base and
benefit from Speedcast’s global presence
to respond more efficiently to clients’
needs. ATS has provided satellite services
in Algeria for more than four decades
and currently operates fixed and mobile
satellite networks for cellular, banking,
government and other industries across
the country. Headquartered in Algiers, it
operates a teleport at Lakhdiara and offices
around Algeria. ATS is wholly government
owned as a subsidiary of Groupe Telecom
Algerie and a sister company of Algerie
Telecom, Algerie Telecom Mobile (Mobilis)
and Algerie Telecom Europe. Speedcast
serves more than 3,200 customers in over
140 countries.

Vero Internet Inks Ten-Year Wholesale Deal with FiBrasil

Brazilian regional ISP Vero Internet has FiBrasil. The deal was agreed on 17 August infrastructure is expected to be available to
informed its shareholders that it has signed and can be extended for an additional 5.5 million households in 250 municipalities
a ten-year wholesale contract to utilize five-year period. FiBrasil’s FTTH networks by 2024. FiBrasil is co-owned by Telefonica
fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) infrastructure currently pass 2.5 million homes in 76 and Canadian investment firm Caisse de
belonging to neutral network provider municipalities across 16 states. The depot et placement du Quebec (CDPQ).

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