27 November 2023

Senegal and Mauritania have committed to collaborate on the coordination and sharing of telecom frequencies, as well as on the management of interference and involuntary roaming at their borders over the next three years.

This is part of the clauses of a cooperation protocol signed between the Telecommunications and Postal Regulatory Authority of Senegal (ARTP) and the Regulatory Authority of Mauritania (ARE).

The strengthened collaboration should also cover the regulation of the electronic and postal communications markets; sharing experiences and regulatory tools; promoting technological innovation and digital transformation.

According to Abdou Karim Sall, general director of ARTP, this cooperation is necessary in order to resolve the ‘practical problems’ which remain despite the spectrum management and control systems of Senegal and Mauritania.