16.80 million mobile subscribers in 2015

With a penetration of 80 percent on a population of 22 million, Cameroon went from 16.68 million mobile subscribers in 2014 to 16.80 million in 2015, the Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (ART) revealed.These estimates were revealed by ART Director General, Jean Louis Beh Mengue to Le Quotidien de l’Economie on Wednesday.

ART is however « concerned » with the quality of service provided by operators, hence the recurring and regular checks here and there.

In terms of performance, South Africa’s Mobile Telecommunication Networks (MTN) takes over top billing with 57.04 percent market share followed by France’s Orange (36.83 percent), Vietnam’s Viettel (4.66 percent) and public operator Cameroon Telecommunications (CAMTEL, 1.47 percent).

CAMTEL which has not begun operating its mobile license and still uses Code division multiple access (CDMA), however, saw its number of subscribers jump to approximately 412,000, a rise of 164,000 in one year.