Good luck to Somalia


Posted on January 18, 2011  /  2 Comments

Regulation doesn’t exist in Somalia. Yet its air wave is overcrowded with 11 mobile networks. And there is no interconnection. Now the Somali government has planned regulate its ultra-free mobile phone market. Moreover, it is ambitious of taxing the operators “to boost growth and investment,” Information, Posts and Telecommunications Minister Abdulkareem Jama told Bloomberg News.

The government has drafted rules for spectrum management, numbering plan and interconnection. The Finance Ministry is also formulating details of the taxes, although a timeline for the passing of the necessary laws remains unclear. Nevertheless, good luck to the opportunity of Somali government and the prospective Consultants!

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