Connectivity and Communication Network

With one of the highest literacy rates on the continent, Cameroonians continue to embrace new cutting-edge technologies wholeheartedly.

With the Digitalization of the economy as priority in her development agenda, Cameroon continues to see a growing demand for digital gadgets (Hardware and Software).

The Main Telecom operators are MTN, CAMTEL, ORANGE, NEXTTEL and HUAWEI.

Optical Fibre

To facilitate the growth of the ICT sector, Cameroon has improved the digital offering, including fibre optics, with a total length of 20,812 km and four satellite stations.

Regarding the optical fibre, the country is connected by 4 underwater fibres:

1. SAT3 (South Atlantic Cable 3): Connection with South Africa and Portugal.
2. SAIL (South Atlantic Interlink Cable): Connection with Brazil
3. MAINONE: Connection with United Kingdom.
4. WAS (West African Cable System): Connection with the Nigeria
5. Central African Backbone Cable: Connection with Gabon, CAR, Chad and Nigeria

The four satellite stations connect Cameroon to the rest of the world via satellite. They are managed by three operators: CAMTEL (2 stations), ORANGE (1 station) and MTN (1 station).

The coverage rate of the mobile network is almost universal (90% at the national level). The telephone market is quite dynamic, with a total of 21,569,394 telephone subscribers, divided between the four operators in the country: MTN (7,726,779 subscribers), Orange (10,400,928), NEXTEL (3,237,500), CAMEL (155,372 mobile subscribers and 48,815 fixed subscribers).

Services offered include telephone services, internet provisioning and mobile banking.

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