Angola’s telecom sector in recent years has benefited from foreign investment as well as mechanisms to open up the telecom sector to new competitors. Africell secured a universal licence in 2020 and in launched mobile services April 2022. The operator rapidly gained subscribers, and is on schedule to provide national coverage during 2025.
The MNOs were slow to develop LTE services, instead relying on their GSM and 3G network capabilities. This tardiness was also reflected in the late start with 5G. The Ministry of Telecommunications in early 2021 set up a 5G hub to assess 5G user cases, and at the end of the year licenses were granted to Africell, Movicel, and Unitel to enable them to offer 5G services using spectrum in the 3.3-3.7GHz range.
The government has continued to develop telecom infrastructure to help diversify the country’s economy and lessen its dependence on offshore crude oil production, which accounts for almost all exports and up to 80% of tax revenue. By extending and upgrading telecom networks the government expects businesses to become more efficient and for e-commerce to become a more prominent feature of economic growth. In addition, networks will facilitate rural access to education and health care. A new fibre route built by Liquid Dataport and Angola Telecom linking Luanda with Johannesburg was opened in June 2023, while several new data centres have strengthened the country’s capacity to manage data.
Angola Telecom, Movicel/MoviNet, Unitel, Mercury Telecom (MS Telecom), Telesel, Nexus, Mundo Startel (Telecom Namibia) , Wezacom, Main One, Angola Cable, Angola Communication Systems (ACS), Snet, Multitel, Maxnet, Net One, Internet Technologies Group (ITG), TV Cabo (Visabeira), Portugal Telecom
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