[6] At this time, only 7% of the population had mobile telephones and internet services were via expensive satellite channels.

[6] The Public Private Partnership arrangement creating Burundi Backbone System as a consortium was signed in May 2010.

[12] In October 2014 the government of Burundi, Onatel and Huawei officially launched the Bujumbura Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) projects.

[13] The US$9 million Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) was not profitable due to competition from the BBS company.

[14] In January 2017 the authorities revoked BBS's status as a Public Private Partnership (PPP) and nationalized it without consultation or compensation.