Cameroon and Chad have recommitted to deepening their telecoms partnership, with an emphasis on increasing service quality, boosting cross-border infrastructure, and promoting regional integration.
Telecom authorities from both countries recently gathered in Yaounde to assess the current level of telecom services and review ongoing efforts to improve connectivity between the two neighbouring countries.
The key topics focused on enhancing infrastructure along crucial cross-border segments, assessing the problems and potential of sub-regional interconnection, and roaming services.
Both countries agreed to accelerate the ‘Clean Corridor’ project, aimed at securing digital interconnections between Kribi, on the Atlantic coast, and Kousseri, a town on Cameroon’s northern border with Chad.
The two countries have also resolved to optimise latency by adjusting equipment and better routing of digital traffic, as well as strengthening network supervision, with access to data for Chadian operators and authorisation to install monitoring equipment.
According to officials, they will also revise contractual and pricing frameworks for capacities greater than 100 Gbps, taking into account the challenges of connectivity and quality of service.
A major highlight of the talks was the joint commitment to increase capacity along shared telecom routes and to facilitate seamless roaming between Cameroon and Chad in line with regional free-roaming initiatives under the Central African Economic and Monetary Community.
Boukar Michel, Chad's minister of telecommunications, digital economy, and digitalisation of administration, stated that they will collaborate closely with their Cameroonian colleagues to advance a shared vision for the sub-region's integrated, inclusive, and sustainable digital future.
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