23 January 2025
The Mauritanian Regulatory Authority (ARE) has sent a formal notice to Chinguitel, accusing it of failing in its obligation to ensure the permanent, continuous and regular availability of its services.
The operator has seven days to correct said failures, failing which the sanctions provided for in the texts in force will be applied.
The ARE continuous monitoring platform indicates that between 1-14 January, 162 Chinguitel sites were out of service for a period exceeding 72 hours.
"The cumulative duration of unavailability of the service of a base station (BTS) must not exceed, over a period of one year, 24 hours in urban areas and 72 hours in rural areas," said the ARE.
The new warning comes about two months after the ARE imposed financial and administrative sanctions on the three Mauritanian telecom operators for similar breaches. Chinguitel was fined 100.2 million ouguiyas, along with a reduction in the validity periods of its licenses: three months for 2G, one month for 3G and two months for 4G.
