Television decoders still absent in the market

Digital switchover was made effective in Cameroon since June 14, 2015, but is still in a test in the cities of Douala and Yaoundé and in some peripheries such as Obala and Mbalmayo.

Even though electronic shops are filled with analog Televisions, some digital cameras are also present on the shelves.

At Avenue Kennedy in Yaoundé for example, customers have been visiting these stores to inquire about the prices of these different tools, but without reference to those "boxes".

Charles Kouokouo, responsible for electronics store located in the Avenue Kennedy in Yaoundé, stated that decoders are not yet fully available.

"There are no set-top boxes and we do not even know when they are going to be available," he said.

Yet, lack of decoders in various electronic stores instead, does not seem to hinder more thus they are not solicited by customers.

"Customers do not even require decoders to capture TNT. So it's not because we still have problems in terms of supplies, 'says a trader.

Asked whether some customers are aware of the technological migration that Cameroon is witnessing, many answered "no".

This is the case of this couple living in Nkoabang, a town in the department of Mefou and Afamba, who took the initiative to buy an Analog TV, without knowing that audiovisual technology migration is underway in Cameroon, with the advent of digital terrestrial television (TNT).

We only bought a TV with the limited means we have, but the seller did not explain the rest. So my country has evolved in technology? What is this digital terrestrial television?" the couple questioned.

Questions that were not answered by traders gives an idea that they were not informed yet,but one of them gives proof by saying, "I do not listen too much to information. So I do not know what TNT is, “he naively said.