Madam Speaker, I thank the hon. Member for the question. I am informed that the region of Beau Plateau in Goodlands is developing and, at present, still sparsely populated. There are three licensed operators, Cellplus Mobile Communications Ltd, which is a subsidiary of Mauritius Telecom, Emtel Ltd and Mahanagar Telephone (Mauritius) Limited, also known as MTML. They cover the aforementioned region with 2G, 3G and 4G from their base stations which are located in the vicinity of Goodlands. Additionally, Cellplus and Emtel provide 5G and 4G+ coverage within the same region. Emtel and MTML have indicated that they have not received any complaints from the inhabitants and users within that region. However, Cellplus Mobile Communications Ltd has confirmed that it has received two complaints from the same customer: one on 02 July 2024 and another on 21 March 2025. Accordingly, taking into consideration residential density and subject to necessary approvals from the relevant authorities, Cellplus will proceed to identify an appropriate location for a mobile site. A typically new mobile site deployment will take around 12 months roughly. Depending upon the acquisition and the process, the speed at which the process is executed, including the Building and Land Use Permit along with a regulatory clearance, we are looking at around 12 months. Madam Speaker, I would also like to add, also in relation to PQ B/221 during the Sitting of 25 March, I informed the House that the Information and Communication

77 Technologies Authority (ICTA) is currently implementing, in collaboration with a French network testing solution provider, nPerf, a quality-of-service measurement application that will allow any subscriber to test its internet service subscription and to report the results to the ICTA through the mobile application. What are we doing with this? We are actually empowering the end-users so that they can assess the quality of the network. In case they face difficulties, they can, with evidence that is revealed on the mobile app, send their request to the ICTA. Ultimately, ICTA will communicate with the service provider. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

Thank you.

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