SITIC Africa 2019 opens in Tunis

The 4th International Exhibition of Information and Communication Technologies Africa 2019 (SITIC2019) opened, on Tuesday in Tunis, to strengthen triangular partnership in ICT between Tunisia, Western countries and Africa. The new edition, organised from June 18 to 20, 2019, at El Kram Exhibition Centre in Tunis aims to enhance the Tunisian site as an open portal on Africa, while placing emphasis on the capacities of Tunisian companies active in the digital field. It also aims to develop the North-South-South partnership, in order to boost investment and export and create job…

Tunisia telecom market revenues up 5.2 % in Q4

Tunisia’s telecom market revenues rose by 5.2 % year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2018 to reach TND 730 million, according to the latest figures from regulatory authority INT. The growth was supported by the ongoing strong performance in the fixed data (+25.3%) and mobile data (+14.6%) segments, based on revenues of TND 120.1 million and TND 172.7 million respectively. Mobile telephony still accounts for the largest share of revenues, at TND 338.6 million, and fell by 1.8 % year-on-year, Telecompaper reports. MVNO Lycamobile showed the strongest growth, more than doubling…