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
For more information on telecoms contacts, please see the following link: 4.2 Angola Additional Services Contact Lists
Telephone Services
Is there an existing landline telephone network? Yes
Does it allow international calls? Yes
Number and Length of Downtime Periods (on average) N/A
Mobile Phone Providers Movicel &
Unitel
Approximate Percentage of National Coverage Said to be national at (90%)
Telecommunication Regulation
There are strict regulations in place for import and to get licenses which can only be obtained through INACOM
Due to updates which may occur in the legislation or INACOM procedures is suggested to contact ITC team of UNICEF or ITC team of UNDP currently the focal points for all UN organizations in Angola.
Regulations on Usage and Import
Regulations in Place? Regulating Authority
Satellite Yes Inacom
HF Radio Yes Inacom
UHF/VHF/HF Radio: Handheld, Base and Mobile Yes Inacom
UHF/VHF Repeaters Yes Inacom
GPS Yes Inacom
VSAT Yes Inacom
Individual Network Operator Licenses Required
Yes, via Inacom consult INACOM
Frequency Licenses Required
Yes, via Inacom INACOM
Existing Humanitarian Telecoms Systems
Yes, there are a Humanitarian system for internal communication through radios UHF/HF actually managed by ITC team of UNICEF. The system is complemented by use of VSAT owned by UN agencies listed below as well as through contracts with private Satellite operators.
Existing UN Telecommunication Systems
UNDP WFP UNICEF WHO UNHCR
VSAT YES NO YES YES YES
UHF Frequencies
Page 1 CHL AGENCIES Rx Freq (Mhr) Tx Freq (Mhr) TPL
1 UNICEF 459.35 469.35 110.9
2 UNDP 457.35 467.35 118.8
3 WFP 455.825 465.825 131.8
4 NGO 454.2 464.2 141.3
5 SIMPLEX 462.75 103.5
6 455.8375 465.8375 031
7 WB 450.25 460.25 141.3
8 UNDSS 458.2375 468.2375 118.8
9 450.275 460.275 151.4
HF Frequencies
1 UNDP 7,728.4
2 UNICEF 8,009.4
3 SECURITY 1 10,149.4
4 SECURITY 2 7,487
5 SECURITY 3 9,259.4
Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
The Humanitarian network with their own VSAT arrangement plus state owned (e.g. Movicel) and privates (e.g. UNITEL) are the main important service providers for the UN agencies.
For satellite services there is private companies such as Multitel, ITA (currently being used by UNDP) and MS Telecom have been reported to be the most reliable.
Are there ISPs available? Yes
If yes, are they privately or government Humanitarian/Private & Governmentt owned?
Dial-up only? No
Approximate Rates (local currency and USD - $ Dial-up No ) Broadband WIFI the UNDP have a contract arrangement with ITA - 370,000 KWZ monthly
Max Leasable ‘Dedicated’ Bandwidth 20 MB up/20 MB down
Mobile Network Operators (MNOs)
MNOs services are by two companies which have relatively good national coverage (1) UNITEL private company and with better coverage (2) Movicel subsidiary all/partial owned by Angola Telecom.
For information on MNOs please visit the GSM Association website.
Company Number of Network Strength by Contracted for Services Offered Agent Outlets by Area Humanitarian or Area Government Cash (i.e. Merchant Payment, Transfer Bulk Disbursement, Programmes? Receive & Make Payment)
Page 2 UNITEL N/A but with N/officially confirmed but said No* There is no availability of mobile systems for financial transfers in presence in all to be strong in all Province country. UNITEL started a system of money transfer but still under Province/district /district capitals trial only in Luanda region. capitals
MOVICEL N/A but with N/officially confirmed but said No* Do not have any mobile systems for financial transfers in country presence in all to be strong in all Province Province/district /district capitals capitals
*there are systems in place such as Kikuia card; through SuperMrakets involving internet banking systems …but there is no info of direct involvement of mobile companies. WFP Cash Voucher project is currently being consider for Angola please contact WFP Regional Office based in South Africa.
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