Cote d’Ivoire: ARTCI strips Comium and GreenN of GSM licenses and reviews offers for a new concession
The Regulatory Authority for Telecommunications in Cote d’Ivoire (Autorite de Regulation des Telecommunications de CI, ARTCI) has revoked the licenses of operators GreenN and Comium after months of speculation. With three MNOs remaining – Orange, MTN and Moov, ARTCI is now considering offers for a fourth operator. Offers from Monaco Telecom, Vietnam’s Viettel Group and the Libyan Post Telecommunications and Information Technology Company (LPTIC) have been received, with Viettel thought to be the front runner following its successful entry into several African markets including Mozambique, Burundi and Tanzania.
