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Iliad Group appointed a CEO and CFO for its French Free business, as it unveiled plans for a new management structure where separate executive teams will be in place for each of the trio of countries it operates in.

Senegal’s second-largest operator by connections, Free, signed a deal with Comviva to upgrade its mobile money platform, paving the way to launch more advanced financial services into the market.

Following a delayed launch of Senegal MVNO Promobile, its owners revealed a plan to move into the country’s mobile money sector, Ecofin Agency reported.

France’s mobile operators increased their 5G rhetoric as both Orange and SFR unveiled new test sites and Bouygues Telecom claimed the country’s first real-world pilot of the new network technology.

French challenger operator Free Mobile continued its battle against handset subsidies by taking Orange to court over its practices, Les Echos reported.

It is almost six-and-a-half years since Iliad (under the Free brand) entered the French mobile market, upsetting the apple cart with its low-cost, unlimited usage offers.

France-based operator Iliad (which uses the Free brand) said it made “good progress” in its plans for the launch of a new entrant into Italy’s mobile market, as momentum in its home market continued.