MAP > Internet Providers in Tunisia

Tunisia has one of the highly sophisticated telecommunications as well as broadband infrastructure in Northern Africa. The penetration rates for the mobile as well as the internet services are among highest in this region. Being stimulated by Digital Tunisia 2020 program, various number of regulatory measures as well as the infrastructure projects that have been instituted aimed at enhancing the internet connectivity to the underserved areas. Such initiatives are going see the auction of the spectrum in the 800MHz band for the IoT as well as the mobile services. When it comes to the incumbent Telco, by the name Tunisie Telecom has been investing to increase reach as well as capabilities of the LTE network as well as be able to build up the vectoring VDSL and the fiber infrastructure.

This company has also been in the process of moving internet traffic to the new Broadband Network Gateways platform. The events of the Arab Spring Revolution in the year 2011 has driven the country into the brief recession, but the GDP growth soon would return to the pre-crisis level. This is what encouraged the growing confidence in the economic recovery, through the GDP development that has been modest. The political difficulties in recent years have had an impact on telecom sector, and most notably, going on to cause some delay in sale of the EIT’s 35% interest in the Tunisie Telecom.

Government has been pressing on with the plans to be able to list 65% stake in the Tunisie Telecom on Tunis stock exchange, in part of being able to help the company to raise funds that will enable it to be able to pursue the expansion plans. It is such plans that saw this company going ahead to acquire Malytese quad player operator by the name GO in the year 2016 on August. Government has also gone ahead and considered plans to be able to offload the interest in Orange Tunisia as well as for Ooredoo Tunisia.

Mobile sector has enjoyed exceptional growth following introduction of the second GSM network in the year 2002, initially operated by Orascom Egypt under popular name Tunisiana and now what is known as Qatar Telecom that rebranded it to the Ooredoo. Orange Group entered market as third operator in the year 2010 and went on to launch Tunisia’s first commercial 3G mobile service, that is followed by the Tunicell in the year 2011 and the Tunisiana in the year 2012.