Publication Date: November 2024
Report Pages: 150
Lead Analyst: Henry Lancaster
Contributing Analyst: Peter Lange
Guinea’s telecom market is dominated by the international operators MTN and Orange. After the entry of these regional players, and helped by the bankruptcy and market exit of the incumbent telco Sotelgui, the number of mobile subscribers grew strongly. The government since 2019 has sought to secure partners and investors to help launch a replacement operator, Guinée Télécom. Although some funding has been provided, and network trials were undertaken in late 2022, thus far there is no fixed schedule for the operator to launch services.
Fixed broadband services are still very limited and expensive, though there have been some positive developments in recent years. A National Backbone Network was completed in mid-2020, connecting administrative centres across the country, and in 2022 the length of the fibre network was increased by about 26%. A new infrastructure provider, Guinéenne de Fibre Optique, was licensed in March 2023 to provide interconnection services and fibre transport to operators on a wholesale basis, and this is expected to lead to reduced access prices for end-users. The government also secured a $60 million loan from the World Bank to improve internet infrastructure, which will help reduce the digital divide and improve network capacity.
In the mobile sector some changes could develop if MTN Group exits the market and sells its local unit to another telco. Guinea represents only a very small proportion of Group revenue, and the company has had a fallout with the regulator, which at the end of 2023 cited it for failing to pay dues and licence fees.
Société des Télécommunications de Guinée (Sotelgui), Guinée Télécom, MTN (Areeba, Investcom), Orange (Spacetel), Intercel (Télécel Guinea), Cellcom Guinee, MiriNet (Afribone), ETI, Universal Communication (DiscoveryTel), Ristel, Afripa Telecom, Alternet Systems, Broad Telecom, Soguicis, Thucatel, Telekom Malaysia
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