| [[Jacques Bertha]], Director Human Resources | | [[Jacques Bertha]], Director Human Resources |
− | '''Sotelma''' is Mali-based telecommunication company. It provides local, international and mobile telephone services as well as internet services.<ref>[http://www.malitel.ml/decouvrir/historique&usg=ALkJrhhZ-pRoXbX9nfkyNjACSOOtRFSi8A malitel]</ref> It is the official [[ICANN]] accredited registrar for [[.ml]] domain names, which began giving away free domains through [[Freenom]] in 2013.<ref name="businesswire">[http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130407005038/en/Mali-.ML-Domain-Names-Free Mali Gives Away Its .ML Domain Names for Free], BusinessWire. Published 2013 April 7. Retrieved 2015 September 9.</ref><ref>[http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/ml.html iana]</ref> As a mobile operator Sotelma is the second largest in the area, [[ikatel]] being the first.<ref>[http://store.businessmonitor.com/article/228894 businessmoniter]</ref> Sotelma has 70,000 GSM subscribers, 60,000 of which are pre-paid.<ref>[http://www.balancingact-africa.com/news/en/issue-no-170/top-story/mali-special-competi/en balancingact-africa]</ref> | + | '''Sotelma''' is Mali-based telecommunication company. It provides local, international and mobile telephone services as well as Internet services.<ref>[http://www.malitel.ml/decouvrir/historique&usg=ALkJrhhZ-pRoXbX9nfkyNjACSOOtRFSi8A malitel]</ref> It was the official [[ICANN]] accredited registrar for [[.ml]] domain names, which began giving away free domains through [[Freenom]] in 2013.<ref name="businesswire">[http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130407005038/en/Mali-.ML-Domain-Names-Free Mali Gives Away Its .ML Domain Names for Free], BusinessWire. Published 2013 April 7. Retrieved 2015 September 9.</ref><ref>[http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/ml.html iana]</ref> As a mobile operator Sotelma is the second largest in the area, [[ikatel]] being the first.<ref>[http://store.businessmonitor.com/article/228894 businessmoniter]</ref> Sotelma has 70,000 GSM subscribers, 60,000 of which are pre-paid.<ref>[http://www.balancingact-africa.com/news/en/issue-no-170/top-story/mali-special-competi/en balancingact-africa]</ref> |
| The Moroccan telecommunications group bought 51% shares of Sotelma for 275 million euros in 2008.<ref>[http://www.globserver.com/en/press/moroccos-maroc-telecom-acquires-51-stake-malis-sotelma globserver]</ref> | | The Moroccan telecommunications group bought 51% shares of Sotelma for 275 million euros in 2008.<ref>[http://www.globserver.com/en/press/moroccos-maroc-telecom-acquires-51-stake-malis-sotelma globserver]</ref> |