Latest issue of the Algerian Official Gazette published on 20 November 2025:
5G Launch: Official Licenses Granted to Mobilis, Ooredoo, and Djezzy
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Issue #77
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Year 2025
The government approves licenses for the establishment and operation of 5G mobile networks for ATM Mobilis, Wataniya Télécom (Ooredoo), and Optimum Télécom (Djezzy), setting financial and coverage obligations.
1. 5G Launch: License Details for the Three Operators
Executive decrees approve the granting of 5G licenses to ATM Mobilis, Wataniya Télécom Algérie (Ooredoo), and Optimum Télécom Algérie (Djezzy), defining the technical and financial conditions and deployment schedule.
- Approval of the 5G network license for "ATM Mobilis S.P.A" with a fixed financial consideration of DZD 22.19 billion.
- Approval of the 5G license for "Wataniya Télécom Algérie S.P.A" with a fixed financial consideration of DZD 21.00 billion.
- Approval of the 5G license for "Optimum Télécom Algérie S.P.A" with a fixed financial consideration of DZD 20.70 billion.
- The annexed specifications detail technical obligations, quality of service, and the progressive coverage deployment schedule across wilayas over several years.
- Approval of the 5G license for "Wataniya Télécom Algérie S.P.A" with a fixed financial consideration of DZD 21.00 billion.
- Approval of the 5G license for "Optimum Télécom Algérie S.P.A" with a fixed financial consideration of DZD 20.70 billion.
- The annexed specifications detail technical obligations, quality of service, and the progressive coverage deployment schedule across wilayas over several years.
2. New Appointments in Higher Education
A series of executive decrees announces new appointments to senior positions in several Algerian universities, including vice-rectors, faculty deans, and institute directors.
- Appointment of secretaries-general, deans, and institute directors at the universities of Adrar, Oum El Bouaghi, Batna 1, Skikda, Annaba, Sidi Bel Abbès, Oran 1, Ouargla, Blida 1, and Bouira.
- Appointment of vice-rectors for scientific research and post-graduation at the universities of Tizi Ouzou, Constantine 3, and Islamic sciences.
- Appointment of the director of the École Normale Supérieure of Saïda.
- Appointment of vice-rectors for scientific research and post-graduation at the universities of Tizi Ouzou, Constantine 3, and Islamic sciences.
- Appointment of the director of the École Normale Supérieure of Saïda.
3. Sectoral Regulations in Culture and Water Resources
Ministerial orders define cultural and artistic operations eligible for public contracts through direct negotiation, alongside new appointments to the boards of water resources sector bodies.
- Ministry of Culture and Arts: Defines the list of cultural and artistic operations eligible for public contracts through direct negotiation, such as acquiring cultural assets or organizing artistic events.
- Ministry of Hydraulics: Amends and appoints members to the boards of the higher school of water resource management, the national agency for integrated water resource management, and l'Algérienne des eaux.
- Ministry of Hydraulics: Amends and appoints members to the boards of the higher school of water resource management, the national agency for integrated water resource management, and l'Algérienne des eaux.