Anouar Maarouf Tunisia’s Minister of ICT and Digital Economy, has announced that 5G licenses will be available in Tunisia by 2021. He was speaking in Tunis during the launch of the 2nd workshop on 5G organised by the national spectrum agency – Agence nationale des fréquences-ANF. Commenting on the initiative, Anouar Maarouf added: “We should prepare […]
Anouar Maarouf Tunisia’s Minister of ICT and Digital Economy, has announced that 5G licenses will be available in Tunisia by 2021. He was speaking in Tunis during the launch of the 2nd workshop on 5G organised by the national spectrum agency – Agence nationale des fréquences-ANF.
Commenting on the initiative, Anouar Maarouf added: “We should prepare ourselves for this new phase. There is favourable ground for innovation and investments in Tunisia, notably after the enactment of the law on startups, especially as they need efficient and modern networks to develop their innovative solutions.
Telecom operators in the country are already testing their technical capacities to support 5G. Tunisie Télécom in collaboration with Huawei, tested 5G in May 2018 in Tunis. The public company reportedly reached a download speed of 638.66 Mbps live with a widely used consumer smartphone.