Telecommunications & IT

Africa’s telecommunications sector is growing exponentially. It’s also full of legal and business complexities; from electromagnetic spectrum licensing, to government procurement, to general corporate and intellectual property law.

John W Ffooks & Co has considerable experience working for a variety of clients in a multitude of telecommunications matters. We’ve helped operators, equipment suppliers, and finance houses working in landline and mobile telephony, radio operations, and much more.

Our experienced lawyers advise clients across francophone Africa, assisting on all aspects of their legal needs.

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Consumer Law Advice - Cameroon

Consumer Law Advice - Cameroon

We provided legal assistance to Apple (a multinational technology company) regarding consumer law advice in Cameroon and other emerging... More

Midasbuy & Midaspay Questionnaire – Burundi, Chad, Comoros, the Republic of Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, and Togo

Midasbuy & Midaspay Questionnaire – Burundi, Chad, Comoros, the Republic of Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, and Togo

We provided legal assistance to Tencent (a Chinese multinational technology conglomerate that provides internet-based services) by... More

Vehicle Telematics Advice – Benin

Vehicle Telematics Advice – Benin

We provided legal assistance to a Swedish multinational corporation that manufactures trucks, buses, construction equipment, and marine and... More

Advice on bundling and migration of subscription services – Benin

Advice on bundling and migration of subscription services – Benin

We provided legal advice on consumer law issues for a global technology company regarding the bundling and migration of subscription... More

$10 Million Facility for the Funding of a Mauritian Telecom Projects in Africa

We recently advised a European investment bank in relation to a USD 10 million facility to a Mauritian company in relation to projects in... More

Facilitating large-scale corporate operations across Africa

Telecoms regulatory advice across multiple French-speaking African countries

We advised an American equipment manufacturer service provider, interested in installations and operations in Burkina Faso, Gabon, Niger,... More

Regulatory clearance for your Internet projects

Express Wi-Fi services in Cameroon

We advised an American social networking service on details of tariff and pricing approval in Cameroon in relation to its Express Wi-Fi... More

Getting the facts on spectrum allocation

Licensing regime advice - Cameroon

We advised an American social networking service, as part of its Express Wi-Fi deployment, on the licensing regime in Cameroon for spectrum... More

Mobile technology legal services in Cameroon

Regulatory advice – Cameroon

We advised an American social networking company on a complete review of telecommunications laws and regulations concerning data rollover... More

Does your marketing strategy comply with local law? Ask our team

Regulatory advice on pricing in Cameroon

We advised an American social networking service on regulations around price discrimination, promotional text messaging and tariffs for its... More

Data roaming in Cameroon

Data roaming licensing

We advised an American social networking service on its planned data roaming service offering. We provided advice relating to license... More

Rolling out Express Wi-Fi across Cameroon

Express Wi-Fi services - Cameroon

We advised an American social network on their planned Express Wi-Fi services in Cameroon. Our legal advice included assisting with... More

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Connecting IT to quality legal advice in OHADA

Data protection advice across the OHADA region

We advised a leading IT services company on the rules for data protection across the OHADA region. This involved ensuring compliance for... More

Mergers & acquisitions in African telecoms

Telecom facilities acquisition in Chad, Congo, & Gabon

We advised a telecommunications tower company on their proposed minimum security package in relation to our client's... More

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Telecommunications regulatory review - Madagascar & Comoros

We acted for a client of a French law firm and conducted a review of the telecommunications sector in Madagascar in relation to the... More