3.4 ANGOLA Telecommunications
All commercial telecommunications in country are provided mainly by 3 companies which have almost full national coverage being; UNITEL a private mobile phone company which has larger coverage in country; Movicel mobile company subsidiary of Angola Telecom and Angola Telecom state company with a monopoly for provision of all landline phone network in the country. There are no restrictions to obtain sim cards or mobile numbers
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Telephone Services |
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Is there an existing landline telephone network? |
Yes, there is. The company covering all country is Angola Telecom but it is not reliable. There are also MSTelcom and ITA which cover mainly capitals of the provinces. |
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Does it allow international calls? |
Yes. All above mentioned providers allow international calls using submarine cable system SAT3, WACS and Monet. |
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Number and Length of Downtime Periods (on average) |
N/A |
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Mobile Phone Providers |
Afritel – new in the market. Unitel – most powerful, covering all country and wining 80% of the market. Movicel – covering capital of Provinces. SIM Cards are easy to be bought, requiring personnel ID for Individual and Letter of Contract for Companies. SIM cards are registered in an individual or in Companies, but they belong to the Provider. Each Provider has its range of SIM Card numbers. If the registered card is not used for 3 months, it will be blocked to make calls and will be unregistered after 6 months without being used. The mobile phone market is not open, so there is no competition. The 4G is currently in use but 5G was announced to be in place very soon. |
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Approximate Percentage of National Coverage |
85% according to ITU 2018 (https://r-spectrum.com.au/resources/countries-nations/angola) |
Telecommunications Regulations
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Regulations on Usage and Import |
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Regulations in Place? |
Regulating Authority |
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Satellite |
Yes |
INACOM |
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HF Radio |
Yes |
INACOM |
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UHF/VHF/HF Radio: Handheld, Base and Mobile |
Yes |
INACOM |
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UHF/VHF Repeaters |
Yes |
INACOM |
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GPS |
Yes |
INACOM |
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VSAT |
Yes |
INACOM |
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Individual Network Operator Licenses Required |
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Yes. Check INACOM (www.inacom.gov.ao) |
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Frequency Licenses Required |
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Yes. Check INACOM (www.inacom.gov.ao) |
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Existing Humanitarian Telecoms Systems
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Existing UN Telecommunication Systems |
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UN Channel 1 |
WFP Channel 2 |
UNICEF 1 Channel 3 |
UNICEF - 2 channel 4 |
Simplex Channel 5 |
NGO Channel 6 |
Provinces Channel 7 |
Security Channel 8 |
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UHF Frequencies |
Tx- 457.35000 Rx -467.35000 TPL Freq 118.8 |
455.82500 – TX 465.82500 – RX TPL Freq 131.8 |
455.8375 – TX 465.8375 -RX TPL Freq 127.3 |
459.3500 – TX 469.3500 -RX TPL Freq 110.9 |
462.75000 -TX 462.75000 -RX TPL Freq 103.5 |
451.97500 – TX 461.97500 -RX TPL Freq 118.8 |
455.95000 -Tx 465.95000 – Rx Tpl Freq 100.0 |
458.23750 -Tx 468.23750 -Rx Tpl Freq 118.8 |
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HF Frequencies |
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Locations of Repeaters |
Rosalinda |
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VSAT |
Due to the internet service is very good in the Country, VSAT is used as backup for emergenc y and VoIP calls only. |
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Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
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Internet Service Providers |
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Are there ISPs available? |
Yes, there are. ITA, MSTelcom, UNITEL, etc. |
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If yes, are they privately or government owned? |
ITA is 100% private. MSTelcom is government via Sonangol. UNITEL is half private |
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Dial-up only? |
There is no dial-up anymore in the country. |
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Approximate Rates (local currency and USD - $) |
Dial-up |
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Broadband |
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