Camtel Scales Back SIM Card Tender After Initial Failure

Camtel scales back SIM card tender after initial failure Cameroon Telecommunications (Camtel) has relaunched its SIM card procurement project after the first tender was declared unsuccessful. In an international tender issued on July 20, 2026, the state-owned operator is seeking 854,225 SIM cards under a contract estimated at FCFA500 million. The volume is nearly 63% lower than in the tender launched four months earlier, while the estimated budget is unchanged. The new tender covers 700,000 pre-numbered GSM/UMTS/LTE SIM cards and 154,225 blank cards to be customized to meet the operator’s commercial needs. According to the tender documents, the procurement is…