Jean Pierre Biyiti bi Essam, Cameroonian Minister of Postal Services and Telecommunications has said the country is working on establishing Internet access points in the country in a move to cut costs involved in the transit through foreign networks which a government study estimated to cost $600 million dollars annually.
Biyit bi Essam told the Cameroon Tribune, “Cameroon needs to have internet access points, because what we’re seeing happening in the virtual world is similar to what is occurring in the area of transportation in real life. If you have to fly to Paris in order to travel between Yaoundé and Addis-Abeba, it will be a lot more expensive than a direct flight.”
When set up, transmission of any communication will no longer need to go over international networks before reaching users in Cameroon.