# Camtel

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Telecommunication company in Cameroon

CAMTEL Type — Industry Telecommunications Key people Judith Yah Achidi, Directeur Général de la Camtel Products Telecommunications services Internet services Digital Television Revenue — Number of employees —

Camtel in [Yaoundé](/source/Yaound%C3%A9).

**Camtel** is a national telecommunications and Internet service provider in [Cameroon](/source/Cameroon). The company is keen to building its network, including: Access to a [CDMA](/source/CDMA) (Code Division Multiple Access) network; digitization of the country's [telephone exchanges](/source/Telephone_exchange); and [optical fiber](/source/Optical_fiber) along the highway between [Douala](/source/Douala) and [Yaoundé](/source/Yaound%C3%A9), and between [Kribi](/source/Kribi) and [Lolodorf](/source/Lolodorf).

There are 47 telephone exchanges in the company's system. There are about 150,000 [telephone lines](/source/Telephone_lines) in its cable network and its switching network. Camtel operates three satellite-to-earth stations which are: Bepanda, Zamengoe and [Garoua](/source/Garoua).

## History

Before Camtel, telecommunications in [Cameroon](/source/Cameroon) were managed by several government entities. One of the key institutions was INTELCAM (International Telecommunications of Cameroon), responsible for managing international communications.[1] In 1998, by Presidential Decree No. 98/198 of 8 September 1998, the Cameroonian government merged the Directorate of Telecommunications (which was part of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications) and INTELCAM to form Camtel (Cameroon Telecommunications).[2]

## See also

- [Telecommunications in Cameroon](/source/Telecommunications_in_Cameroon)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["CAMTEL launches groundbreaking 25th anniversary celebration"](https://theguardianpostcameroon.com/post/1597/en/homecamtel-launches-groundbreaking-25th-anniversary-celebration). *CAMTEL launches groundbreaking 25th anniversary celebration*. Retrieved 2026-04-16.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["The Case for "Open Access" Communications Infrastructure in Africa: The SAT-3/WASC cable Cameroon case study"](https://www.apc.org/sites/default/files/APC_SAT3Cameroon_20080516_1.pdf) (PDF).

## External links

- [CAMTEL - English language](http://www.camtel.cm/en/)

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