[3] The telecom regulator in Angola is Instituto Angolano das Comunicações (INACOM).
[22] The telecom regulator in Cameroon is Agence de Régulation des Télécommunications (ART).
[24] The telecom regulator in Cape Verde is Agência Nacional de Comunicações (ANAC).
[27] The telecom regulator in Central African Republic is Agence de régulation des télécommunications (ART).
[31] The telecom regulator in Chad is Office Tchadien de Régulation des Télécommunications (OTRT).
[33] The telecom regulator in Comoros is Autorité Nationale de Régulation des TIC (ANRTIC).
Egypt has 99 million mobile users as of December 2017, government figures showed.
[49] The telecom regulator in Equatorial Guinea is Órgano Regulador de las Telecomunicaciones Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (ORTEL).
Data from GSMA Intelligence shows that there were 1.58 million cellular mobile connections in Eritrea at the start of 2024.
GSMA Intelligence’s numbers indicate that mobile connections in Eritrea were equivalent to 41.9 percent of the total population in January 2024.
[51] The telecom regulator in Eritrea is Eritrean Communications Regulatory Authority (ECRA).
Data from GSMA Intelligence shows that there were 77.39 million cellular mobile connections in Ethiopia at the start of 2024.
GSMA Intelligence’s numbers indicate that mobile connections in Ethiopia were equivalent to 60.4 percent of the total population in January 2024.
[55] The telecom regulator in Ethiopia is Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT).
The telecom regulator in Guinea is Autorité de Régulation des Postes et Télécommunications (ARPT).
[62] The telecom regulator in Guinea-Bissau is Autoridade Reguladora Nacional das Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação da Guiné Bissau (ARN).
[65] The telecom regulator in Iraq is Communications and Media Commission هيئة الإعلام والإتصالات (CMC).
[73] The telecom regulator in Jordan is Telecommunications Regulatory Commission هيئة تنظيم قطاع الاتصالات (TRC).
[77] The telecom regulator in Kuwait is the Communication and Information Technology Regulatory Authority (CITRA).
[102] (December 2023) The telecom regulator in Morocco is Agence Nationale de Réglementation des Telecommunications (ANRT).
[103] The telecom regulator in Mozambique is Instituto Nacional das Comunicações de Moçambique (INCM).
[115] The telecom regulator in Oman is Telecommunications Regulatory Authority هيئة تنظيم الاتصالات (TRA).
[126] The telecom regulator in São Tomé and Príncipe is Autoridade Geral de Regulação (AGER).
[130] The telecom regulator in Saudi Arabia is Communications and Information Technology Commission هيئة الاتصالات وتقنية المعلومات (CITC).
[135] The telecom regulator in Seychelles is Department of Information Communications Technology (ICT).
As of 2009, dial up internet services in Somalia were among the fastest developing in the region, with an annual landline growth rate of over 12.5%.
[155] The telecom regulator in South Sudan is Ministry of Telecommunication and Postal Services (MOTPS).
[164] (Q3 2017) The telecom regulator in Tunisia is Instance Nationale des Télécommunications (INT).
[166] (Q2 2023) The telecom regulator in Turkey is Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK : Bilgi Teknolojileri ve Iletisim Kurumu).
[169] The telecom regulator in United Arab Emirates is Telecommunications Regulatory Authority الهيئة العامة لتنظيم قطاع الاتصالات (TRA).