Telecoms & IT
From The Report: Gabon 2015
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The launch of 3G and 4G in 2014 should provide new revenue streams in the telecoms sector, and the focus in the near term will be on improving data capacity and network quality. Growing demand for digital services and the commercialisation of access to Gabon’s second submarine cable are helping to lay the foundations for a rise in activity in the ICT sector.

This chapter includes an interview with Alex Bernard Bongo Ondimba, Managing Director, National Agency for Digital Infrastructure and Frequencies (ANINF).

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Overview

Generation game: Many opportunities should result from the arrival of 3G and 4G
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The launch of 3G and 4G in 2014 should provide new revenue streams for Gabon’s telecoms sector, crucially for the four operators that contend for market share among a population of just 1.7m. The expected consolidation of two of the operators should yield some structural changes in the sector, but the focus in the near term is set to be on improving data capacity and network quality, both of which the regulator has stressed. With 4G infrastructure in place less than a year after the launch…

Overview

Net gains: Web access is set to continue to grow with government support
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Increasing demand for digital services and the commercialisation of access to Gabon’s second submarine cable are helping to lay the foundations for a rise in activity in the country’s ICT sector. Greater bandwidth – combined with mobile data coverage via 3G and 4G – is likely to boost the number of internet users in the country, but a push by the state to improve ICT service uptake through initiatives such as e-government and e-learning is also having an effect. The government has…

Interview

Laying the groundwork: OBG talks to Alex Bernard Bongo Ondimba, Managing Director, National Agency for Digital Infrastructure and Frequencies (ANINF)
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How will fibre-optics contribute to GDP growth? BONGO ONDIMBA: Fibre-optic infrastructure is a prerequisite to developing 3G and 4G networks in Gabon. As part of the Emerging Gabon strategy and ANINF’s Information System Development plan, three phases of development have been identified, all of which are part of the Central Africa Backbone project, or CAB4. The first phase links Libreville to the Republic of Congo through Franceville, allowing internet service providers and telcos to roll…