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Congo’s ARPCE presents digital postal addressing project

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The Regulatory Agency for Posts and Electronic Communications presented its White Paper and a digital postal addressing project in Brazzaville. Director-General Louis-Marc Sakala said mobile telephone penetration had reached 94.1%, Congo B reports.

The Republic of the Congo’s Regulatory Agency for Posts and Electronic Communications (ARPCE) presented its digital postal addressing project and the second edition of its White Paper in Brazzaville on 15 October. The agency aims to contribute to a digital state in which citizens are both connected and locatable, according to Congo B.

The presentation was attended by Frédéric Malik Nzé, the Congolese minister for Posts, Telecommunications and the Digital Economy, as well as the president of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council. Representatives of the authorities, operators and sector partners took part, according to Congo B.

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