Africa’s telecommunications regulators should block mobile phone companies from increasing their subscriber base unless networks are upgraded to handle additional customers, according to the Africa Telecommunications Union (ATU).

Many African countries have operators that increase subscribers and do not upgrade their networks, leading to a high percentage of dropped calls, low call completion rates and poor quality of service, said Akossi Akossi, secretary general of the Africa Telecommunications Union.

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