Somaliland: Telecommunication companies agree on Interconnection

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Somaliland: Telecommunication companies agree on Interconnection

 

 

HARGEISA (SomalilandPress)— Today at a historic signing Somaliland’s telecommunication companies signed an agreement to allow interconnection for their consumers. The agreement will allow consumers to call out of network coverage without having to change SIM card or phone number. In the past each Somaliland’s telecommunication operators offered services to their own customers on their own network with no interconnection to different operator.

 

The event at the Mansoor Hotel Somaliland’s Vice President Abdirahman Ismail Ali (Saylici) said this is a historic moment for the country, clients will no longer have to carry with them several phones or SIM Cards so that they can communicate with others. The Vice President went on to say today’s five company signings will reduce the frustration that the consumers have had with the country’s telecommunication companies which were seen as not consumer friendly.

With the exception of Telesom, the country’s five other operators Africa Online, Telecom, SomTel, National Link and SolTeco have all agreed to the terms and pricing of interconnection.

 

SomalilandPress reporter Abdiqani Baynah who was present at the ceremony spoke with several attendees whom all have welcomed the notion of being able to call directly between subscribers on different network carriers.

Source: Somalilandpress

[Jacaylbaro]

Nonsense ....

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Why is that nonsense now if you have telecom you can call telecom

[N.O.R.F]

Is this news true JB?

 

Why not Telesom?

[The Zack]

Xunjuf, you don't get the point. Wireless Companies' agreement is bad for the consumers. They will raise the price and they will cease being competitive.

[Jacaylbaro]

Long story ,,

[Xaaji Xunjuf]

Jb ma shaqaad ka heshay telesom wa adigan nonsense ku sheegeya isku furka telefoonada kala xidhna

 

The Zack i understand that these wireless companies will control the monthly fee in their agreemant and the price rate of the contracts.

 

It will be bad for the consumers in the long term, but technically a bridge was breached now people can call ecahothers using different providers.

[AfricaOwn]

Jacaylbaro;735097 wrote:

Nonsense ....

Just don't bother posting at all then.

[Jacaylbaro]

Give them few weeks and there will be no more interconnection .....

 

This needs to be controlled by the government and should be inclusive. Telesom doesn't want to join this now as they see other companies are using their towers and facilities. Silly from Telesom that they don't realize they could use this for their own.

 

Other companies are doing just to piss Telesom off but they don't realize that it is not sustainable unless this is in the hands of the government. This is not the first time they do this and it failed before.

[Taleexi]

Zack has a point.

[Som@li]

Can not do even a basic telco regulations, and you call this a country!

[Jacaylbaro]

We call the messy Somalia a country too ,,,

[Ibtisam]

^^^Xaram, please delete that picture!!!

 

JB, it might work for the following two reasons:

 

All the other networks (3) have agreed a shared tariff for interconnectedness which is the same current rate as Somtel, and Telesom has agreed to allow other networks to call their customers at a higher rate while their customers pay the lower shared fee to call out of their Telesom line. Secondly as there are only two stake holders rather than 4 it should simplify things and the law requires them to obey no?

 

I hope it works, sucks carrying two sim cards around!!!

[Jacaylbaro]

I said it will for for few weeks only ,,,, seen this before. Soon lacagtay isku qabsan doonaan and that is the end.

 

That is why i want them to support the Ministry to lead this, do the interconnection, monitor and manage it. One of the reasons the companies announced this is because they are running away from government's regulation so that they say "we are already interconnected" ,,,

[N.O.R.F]

I remember this was the case in 2007 only for it all to go back to basics.