Cobertura de Senegal

Qué significan las cifras de Senegal

Importan dos números y solo uno es el que cita todo el mundo. La velocidad habitual, 29 Mbps, te dice cómo es un buen momento.

El percentil diez, 6 Mbps, es el que conviene leer. Es la velocidad en la peor décima parte del día, cuando la antena de encima de la estación está llena y todos los que te rodean están en ella. Un país con mediana alta y suelo bajo es un país que funciona de maravilla hasta el momento en que de verdad lo necesitas.

Si el viaje depende de videollamadas o de compartir conexión, planifica con la cifra de hora punta y no con la habitual.

Qué pasa en Senegal cuando la red se satura

La congestión no es una avería, es un martes por la tarde. La pregunta es qué puede hacer tu eSIM al respecto, y en la mayoría de las eSIM de viaje la respuesta es nada: un acuerdo mayorista por país, una red y ninguna salida salvo comprar una segunda eSIM a otro mientras estás de pie en la calle.

Aquí el tráfico de Orbislo va por Orange y Free. Cuando la red en la que estás se degrada te movemos a otra, en mitad del viaje, sin que lo pidas, y te lo contamos después en lugar de interrumpirte en ese momento.

Operadores móviles en Senegal

• Orange (Sonatel): Orange, operated by Sonatel, held 55.17 percent of Senegal's 24.8 million active mobile lines at 30 June 2026, according to the regulator ARTP. About 24.4 million of those lines are prepaid.
• Yas: Yas, the former Free network, held 24.35 percent of mobile lines at 30 June 2026 and had gained share in every quarter over the previous year, up from 22.92 percent in June 2025.
• Expresso: Expresso held 14.95 percent of mobile lines at 30 June 2026. The virtual operator Promobile had 5.40 percent and Hayo 0.12 percent.
• Orange (Sonatel): Sonatel paid 100 billion CFA francs in 2016 to renew its licence for 17 years, including 32 billion for the extension to 4G.
• Expresso: Expresso's operating licence had been due to expire in 2027. A decree of 20 March 2024, days before the presidential election, extended it by ten years, a renewal that a government review later called unjustified.
• Orange (Sonatel): The Sonatel group, present in Senegal, Mali, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone, reported 43 million customers at 30 June 2026 and said it aims to bring fibre within reach of about 13 million people in Senegal by the end of December 2026.

El 5G en Senegal

• In the 2023 5G tender the base lot was 10 MHz at 700 MHz plus 70 MHz at 3.5 GHz, with a reserve price of 19.5 billion CFA francs. Sonatel was the only compliant bidder and took 10 MHz at 700 MHz and 120 MHz at 3.5 GHz for 34.5 billion.
• Decrees signed on 18 April and 28 May 2025 withdrew the 5G frequency approvals later granted to Expresso and to Yas, after a government review found those awards had bypassed the tender and fell below its reserve price.
• Sonatel started a commercial 5G pilot on 6 March 2024 under the Orange brand, beginning with fixed 5G broadband for homes and businesses before mobile offers.
• Orange launched mobile 5G on 8 June 2024 with 176 sites across six cities, and said it planned to extend 5G to the whole Dakar region by the end of 2024. A 5G-compatible phone is needed to use it.

Notas sobre la red en Senegal

• During the Grand Magal of Touba in August 2026 the regulator drive-tested calls on the A2 and RN3 pilgrim routes and in Touba and Mbacké. Orange completed 99.03 percent of call attempts, Yas 93.81 percent and Expresso 90.72 percent, against a 96 percent threshold.
• On the first day of the Magal tests, on the roads into Touba, 28.23 percent of Expresso call attempts were blocked, against the regulator's 2 percent ceiling. Orange's blocking rate over the four days was 0.85 percent.
• 3G still carries traffic alongside 4G and 5G: for the 2026 Gamou pilgrimage Orange raised 3G+ capacity by 29 percent in Tivaouane and ran 64 3G sites around Kaolack, together with 16 5G sites.
• Sonatel commissioned the 2Africa submarine cable at its Senegal landing station in December 2025 and announced it operational in February 2026. The 45,000 km system links 33 countries across Africa, Europe and Asia.