Mauritania, Senegal Sign Agreement To Strengthen Communications in Border Areas

On 1 October, in Nouakchott, Mauritania and Senegal’s regulatory authorities signed a joint cooperation agreement to strengthen communication in border areas.

The agreement aims to standardize and coordinate the exploitation of frequencies for communications services by establishing a mechanism allowing the equitable sharing of frequencies in border areas, particularly those used in mobile telephone services (second, third, fourth, and fifth generations).

Overseeing the opening of the event, Mr. Mohamed Abdallahi Ould Louly, the Minister of Digitization and Administration Modernization, said that the workshop draws its importance from the role of communication technologies, particularly that it addresses current and future technologies in the field of communication (fifth generation).

He added that the workshop, which aims to address challenges in the field of communication and propose appropriate solutions for border areas, thus testifies to the depth of relations between Mauritania and Senegal spearheaded by their two leaders.

In turn, Mr. Ahmed Ould Mohamedou, the President of the Council of the Mauritanian Regulatory Authority, indicated that the telecommunications service was acceptable before the technological boom but that today it is no longer so. That’s why it has become necessary to develop the service using modern technologies and in close coordination between partners in the region.

For his part, Mr. Abdou Karim Sall, the Director General of the Telecommunications and Postal Regulatory Authority of Senegal, explained that today’s meeting will allow the two countries to exchange ideas to advance and strengthen border communications, expressing his hope that this meeting will succeed in developing digital communications in border areas.

For three days, forum participants will seek radical solutions to interference problems in border areas and will work to definitively resolve communication problems that harm users.