Guinea expands operator infrastructure choices

Details: Manny Pham; Category: Optical & Fixed Networks; 27 March 2023; 5805 views

The Guinean government granted infrastructure provider Guineenne de Fibre Optique (GFO) permission to sell interconnection services and optical fibre transport to operators in Guinea.

An operator licence was approved by the Guinean Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Digital Economy, while the Regulatory Authority for Posts and Telecommunications gave the green light for the marketing of services.

GFO has already laid out 440 kilometres of fibre optical cable in the Conakry region and plans to deploy 1,200 kilometres in ten prefectures including Coyah, Dubreka, Kindia, Boke and Kamsar.

GFO president Lionel Chobli said in a translated statement, GFO has built a “neutral and available gateway” for all operators, designed to deliver affordable internet connectivity to subscribers.

“We are convinced that together, with all the other players in the sector, we can quickly achieve the objective of quality Internet at an affordable cost for all, in accordance with the vision of the President of the Transition, Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya who has hammered and anchored his interest in the accelerated development of the telecommunications sector for the benefit of Guineans,” said Chobli.