Mauritius Telecom unveils ambitious "Bridging Africa & Asia" strategy
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27 January 2026
Mauritius Telecom has announced its strategic plan for 2026-2029, titled "Bridging Africa & Asia," with the bold goal of establishing Mauritius as a key gateway for digital flows between the African and Asian continents.
The new roadmap revolves around four key technological corridors: Connectivity, Financial Services, AI & Compute, and Innovation & Scale-Up, reflecting a comprehensive vision to position the island nation at the forefront of regional digital development.
Find out more Camtel secures $93 million loan from BEAC to expand mobile networks in Cameroon
26 January 2026
A banking consortium led by Commercial Bank Cameroon (CBC), along with Afriland First Bank, Union Bank of Cameroon (UBC), and National Financial Credit (NFC), has been chosen to support Cameroon Telecommunications (Camtel) in a 52.2 billion FCFA (about US$93.1 million) investment program.
The project aims to expand 2G, 3G, and 4G networks in regional and departmental capitals, university towns, and major educational institutions across Cameroon.
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EBRD and Tunisie Telecom partner to boost Tunisia’s digital future with €190 million investment
23 January 2026
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced a major partnership with Tunisie Telecom, Tunisia’s leading telecommunications provider, to enhance the country’s digital infrastructure and support its national transformation.
The deal involves a development-linked loan of up to €190 million, disbursed in four installments, starting with an initial €50 million tranche. This funding will enable extensive upgrades to Tunisia’s telecom networks, including transitioning from 4G to 5G, expanding fibre optic coverage, connecting up to 200,000 households to fibre-to-the-home services, and modernizing core and backbone networks. Additionally, targeted investments in energy efficiency and local energy production will be part of the project.
Find out more TCCA sets out new Broadband Callout specifications
21 January 2026
Around the world, first responders rely heavily on paging and callout services to quickly alert emergency services personnel on call to incidents, provide them with short and precise information about the incident at hand, and to find out who is able to respond.
Callout is a defined specification developed by TCCA for TETRA networks for critical two-way alerting, but to date there has been no parallel specification for 3GPP 4G and 5G broadband networks. Now, TCCA has published new Broadband Callout specifications for 3GPP-enabled mission critical networks using broadband MCX functionality – Mission Critical Push-to-Talk Voice (MCPTT), Mission Critical Video (MCVideo) and Mission Critical Data (MC Data).
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