Airtel DRC to invest US$615 million over the coming three years

Airtel, the largest telecom network in the Democratic Republic of Congo, reconfirmed that more than US$1 billion has already been invested in the network over the years, and the operator plans to invest a further US$ 615 million over the next three years.

Airtel’s network covers 60 per cent of the Congolese population and the company has also expressed willingness to take up a 25 per cent participation of a company to be established to manage the optical fibre network in the country.