Intelligent CIO Africa Issue 21 | Page 48

COUNTRY FOCUS: ALGERIA “ WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE GROWTH PROSPECTS IN ALGERIA. 48 INTELLIGENTCIO “While 4G started relatively late, they are all moving very fast. They are at the phase where they are expanding their reach in 3G and 4G, densifying their networks to cope with the exponentially growing network traffic and they are also working on building better packages and strategies for improved monetisation of the data traffic.” On the fixed network front, operators are also focusing on modernising their networks and Chaume believes this will intensify over the next three to four years. “They are modernising their fixed access networks, focusing on both residential and enterprise users,” said Chaume. www.intelligentcio.com