(Business in Cameroon) - The telecom veteran industry Cameroon Telecommunications (Camtel), received government authorisation to create and run electronic communication networks with national coverage open to the public. Camtel can now offer mobile services to its customers along with land line services. 

Camtel’s mobile division, Cameroon Mobile Telecommunications (CMT) S.A., was created in 2006 at a general assembly held in Yaoundé. At that time, David Nkoto Emane, the company’s managing director announced to the press that “very soon, we will be using our 3^rd mobile licence”, but nothing happened for seven years.

With the new mobile phone company on the market, Cameroonians are hoping that Camtel will become a quality company like Sonatel in Senegal, Maroc Telecom and Tunisie Telecom.