At its session of Wednesday 2021, the Council of Ministers announced that the Sonatel group, which operates in the sub-region under the Orange brand, has been selected as delegated manager of SBIN S.A
Following the implementation of structural reforms in the telecommunications sector, the Council of Ministers decided, at its session of 18 March 2020, that SBIN would be authorised, in addition to its mission of managing digital infrastructure and wholesaling capacity, to also provide fixed and mobile electronic communications services to individuals and businesses.
It was to meet this challenge, in a competitive environment, that the State decided to recruit a strategic partner with solid skills and proven experience, the objective being to make SBIN rapidly operational and efficient so that it can offer competitive products and services to its customers.
At the end of the process, the Sonatel group, which operates in the sub-region under the Orange brand, was selected.
As delegated manager, the group's mandate will be, in addition to managing SBIN over a five-year period in order to make it a major GSM operator, to deploy the infrastructure needed for the rapid provision of mobile electronic communications services.
To this end, the Council authorised the Minister of Digital Affairs and Digitalisation to initiate a procedure for granting a third electronic communications mobile network licence to SBIN.
Read the full record of the Council of Ministers of Wednesday 24 March 2021 on the website of the General Secretariat of the Government at => https://sgg.gouv.bj/cm/2021-03-24/