These initiatives will also see the auction of spectrum in the 800MHz band for IoT and mobile services. For its part the incumbent telco Tunisie Telecom has invested in its LTE network as well as vectoring VDSL and fibre infrastructure. The company is also in the process of migrating Internet traffic to its new Broadband Network Gateway (BNG) platform. Ooredoo and Orange Tunisie are also licensed as fixed-line operators and have launched DSL and Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) services. A reform of the country’s Telecommunications Act was initiated in 2013 and government Internet censorship was officially abolished.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 07, 2020 04:30 UTC