The new Law on Telecommunications Code, already passed by the National Assembly, was adopted in urgent procedure by the Senate, The Sun reported in its Thursday edition.
The new law contains 188 articles which "will translate the key provisions, guidelines and additional texts of UEMOA and ECOWAS in our National Telecommunications Code," the Minister of Communication Telecommunications and quoted by the newspaper.
"Since December 31, 2010, we are overwhelmed and submitted to the relevant community. So there is an emergency (to) adapt our legislation," said Moustapha Guirassy defending this bill before the senators.
Speaking of the investment component of the new law, he said that if Senegal does not need to upgrade developments in this sector, the country "could lose its leading position in this area in the next few years. "
The submarine cable linking South Africa to Great Britain with connection points in Togo, Namibia, DRC, Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire. This is the first direct link of this kind and it will cost a total 600 million dollars.
This 14,000 km cable will deliver the traditional communications and high-speed Internet (3.8 terabits / s) at costs far lower than they are today, which should open the door to new technologies such as triple play (telephone, television, internet).
The WACS is a consortium of several African operators including Telecom Togo, Angola Telecom, Ifraco Broadband, Cable & Wireless, MTN, Portugal Telecom, Sotelco, Tata Communications, Telecom Namibia, Telkom and Vodacom.
According to The Sun, much of the new Code is devoted to the regulation with the expected strengthening of the Agency for regulation of telecommunications and posts (ARTP).
"The telecom sector is extremely important and account for 10 percent of GDP. From this point of view, it is important to reassure investors, to rethink the regulation by the 'ARTP a real body, enhancing his powers and changing the direction by a college.
This branch will be the decision maker in arbitration and regulation, "the paper notes.
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