Société des Télécommunications du Mali
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| Type: | Private |
| Industry: | Telecommunications,Registry |
| Founded: | 1989 |
| Ownership: | The Moroccan telecommunications group (2008) |
| Headquarters: | Society of Mali's Telecommunications BP: 740 Bamako, Mali |
| Country: | Mali |
| Businesses: | Malitel |
| Employees: | 1001-5000 |
| Revenue: | MAD 17 million (2010), MAD 112 million (March 2011) |
| Website: | malitel |
| Facebook: | Sotelma |
| LinkedIn: | Sotelma |
| Key People | |
| Aboubacar Cisse,Technical contact Noureddine Boumzebra, Director General | |
Sotelma is Mali-based telecommunication company. It provides local, international and mobile telephone services as well as Internet services.[1] It was the official ICANN accredited registrar for .ml domain names, which began giving away free domains through Freenom in 2013.[2][3] As a mobile operator Sotelma is the second largest in the area, ikatel being the first.[4] Sotelma has 70,000 GSM subscribers, 60,000 of which are pre-paid.[5]
The Moroccan telecommunications group bought 51% shares of Sotelma for 275 million euros in 2008.[6]
Privatization[edit | edit source]
Its privatization started in 2008 by the government of Mali. The shares are divided as:
- 51% for The Moroccan telecommunications group.[7]
- 20% retained by the government.
- 10% for employees.
- 19% sold by public offer.[8]
After privatization, there was an application to IANA to redelegate the .ml ccTLD, which was eventually granted to Agence des Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication (AGETIC).
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ malitel
- ↑ Mali Gives Away Its .ML Domain Names for Free, BusinessWire. Published 2013 April 7. Retrieved 2015 September 9.
- ↑ iana
- ↑ businessmoniter
- ↑ balancingact-africa
- ↑ globserver
- ↑ cellular-news
- ↑ itu