Mobile telephony operators to pay FCFA 6bn for deteriorating quality of electronic communication services

By Doh James Sonkey The Director General of the Telecommunications Regulatory Board, TRB, Philemon Zoo Zame has fined Cameroon Telecommunications, CAMTEL with FCFA 800 000 000, Orange Cameroun with FCFA 2 200 000 000, MTN Cameroon with FCFA 1 400 000 000 and VIETTEL Cameroun with FCFA 1 600 000 000, for repeated infringements observed while following up the obligations contained in their respective specifications in terms of coverage and quality of electronic communications services. These fines were published in a communique signed last May 25, 2023 by the TRB Director General. In response to the persistent deterioration in the…