Guinea-Bissau

Geographic Region (ITU/UN)

ISO 3166 Code

GW

M49 Code

624

MCC

632

ITU Member

Yes

ITU-R Region

Overview

Guinea-Bissau (Guiné-Bissau), officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, is a country in West Africa. Guinea-Bissau is bordered by Senegal to the north and Guinea to the south and east.

Regulatory Environment

Guinea-Bissau is a member of the ITU and as such follows radio frequency harmonisation principles according to ITU-R Region-1. The regulatory body governing communications policy is the Ministério dos Transportes e Comunicações, and the Autoridade Reguladora Nacional das Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (ARN) is charged with regulating the country's radio frequency spectrum activities such as planning, allocations, and licencing.

Telecommunications Market

After having privatised the fixed-line state-owned operator, GuineTelecom, in 1989 (with a 40 percent stake taken by Portugal Telecom, the remaining 60 percent held by the Government), the Government created GuineTel, a mobile operator subsidiary, and awarded a global system for mobile communication license to the company, which launched its services in 2004. The Government then liberalised the mobile market by awarding two additional licenses to international operators: Mobile Telecommunications Network (MTN) in 2003, and Orange-Bissau (subsidiary of Sonatel) in 2007.

National Mobile Network Operators

There are 1 mobile network operators servicing this region.

3G: Active
3G Bands: B1 (2100 MHz)
4G: Active
4G Bands: B3 (1800 MHz)
5G: N/A
IoT: N/A