Abdoul Ly, the former director general of the Telecommunications and Postal Regulatory Authority (ARTP), announced in December 2022 that 5G will be launched in Senegal during 2023. Abdou Karin Sall, the new director of the regulatory body, confirmed this announcement last April, which led to the launch on Wednesday 31 May of a public call for applications to award operating licences for the fifth generation (5G) mobile network in

The Telecommunications and Postal Regulatory Authority (ARTP) is keeping its promise to launch commercial ultra-broadband in the country in 2023. Indeed, by 14 July at the latest, interested investors will have to submit their applications. According to the regulator in a press release, “may apply under this public call for applications, only companies governed by Senegalese law that hold a license to establish and operate networks open to the public and to provide electronic communications services, in force in Senegal on the date of submission of the