LTE and 5G in the Middle East and Africa

LTE has been launched by 164 operators in 58 countries in the Middle East and Africa (including fully mobile networks and FWA broadband networks using LTE)

Operators in a further three countries are investing. Networks are planned in Niger and Togo, and pre announcement trials have been conducted in Djibouti

But most of the world’s remaining LTE ‘not-spots’ can be found in the Middle East and Africa. Not-spots include: Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Guinea, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, South Sudan, Syria, Togo, Western Sahara and Yemen.