Conversations between 'Vodakum' and 'Orange' about a strategic partnership in Africa

Vodacom has discussions with the French company “Orange” about a strategic partnership in Africa to investigate infrastructure offers and to reduce the cost of the continent, people who are familiar with the matter said. People who asked not to reveal their identity because especially the discussions that telecommunications businesses in the overlapping markets, including Egypt and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the decline in places where there are other opportunities to work together. According to humans, the discussions are possible agreements to share infrastructure and build communication with rural areas. They continued that no final decisions were made, and the two companies may not reach an agreement. Vodakom, the largest cellphone operator in Africa, holds talks with service providers in other countries where they have, they said. A possible collaboration, a “vodakom” representative, reads in a statement sent via e -mail and says: “We want to establish partnerships with other cellphone operators and financial investors in the countries where we work.” He added: “Our goal is to alleviate the cost of the publication and delivery of rural areas, which helps address the cost of communication and limiting the digital void.” The spokesman pointed out that the company would comment on specific agreements once it was completed. A ‘Orange’ representative refused to comment on specific conversations, but he believed the company’s position is that “a specific network infrastructure with other operators in such large areas is logical” because “it can be easy to improve the coverage and network quality for customers. “” Vodakum “and” Orange “expands to take advantage of big growth in market- especially for cellphone services, as young technology users spend more time on devices to achieve everything from entertainment to financial services. African businesses prove that their engines are growing for the maternal businesses for each group. However, the process remains expensive, especially if your infrastructure builds in more rural areas where capital returns are usually less. The joint ventures between operators will reduce this financial burden.