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Swaziland to liberalise the mobile market in 2016

Swaziland’s Minister of Information and Communication Technology Dumisani Ndlangamandla has presented 13 draft telecommunication legislations to the Council of Ministers, which will be discussed in parliament in February 2016 before being enacted into laws, Agence Ecofin reports. The updated telecoms regulations will reportedly provide for the opening of the mobile sector to competition and ending MTN Swaziland’s monopoly in the market. Under the new regulations, the government is planning to grant a 10-year non-exclusive concession to any telecoms operator who wants to offer mobile services in Swaziland. Selected companies will also pay the government 5% of their net operating profit as royalties.



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