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| logo = | | logo = SotelmaLogo.png | ||
| type = | | type = Private | ||
| industry = | | industry = Telecommunications,Registry | ||
| founded = | | founded = 1989 | ||
| founders = | | founders = | ||
| ownership = | | ownership = The Moroccan telecommunications group (2008) | ||
| headquarters = | | headquarters = Society of Mali's Telecommunications<br> | ||
| country = | BP: 740 Bamako, Mali | ||
| businesses = | | country = Mali | ||
| businesses = Malitel | |||
| products = | | products = | ||
| employees = | | employees = 1001-5000 | ||
| revenue = | | revenue = MAD 17 million (2010),<br> | ||
| website = | MAD 112 million (March 2011) | ||
| website = [http://www.malitel.ml/accueil malitel] | |||
| blog = | | blog = | ||
| facebook = | | facebook = [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sotelma/109305979087604 Sotelma] | ||
| linkedin = | | linkedin = [http://fi.linkedin.com/company/sotelma Sotelma] | ||
| twitter = | | twitter = | ||
| keypeople = | | keypeople = [[Aboubacar Cisse]],Technical contact<br> | ||
[[Noureddine Boumzebra]], Director General<br> | |||
[[Dioukamady Sissoko]], Secretary General<br> | |||
[[Sidi Mohamed Naim]], CFO<br> | |||
[[Sidi Ali Zacour]], Sales Director<br> | |||
[[Gaoussou Maiga]], Director Infrastructure<br> | |||
[[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 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> | |||
[[Category: | == Privatization == | ||
Its privatization started in 2008 by the government of Mali. The shares are divided as: | |||
* 51% for The Moroccan telecommunications group.<ref>[http://www.cellular-news.com/story/36276.php cellular-news]</ref> | |||
* 20% retained by the government. | |||
* 10% for employees. | |||
* 19% sold by public offer.<ref>[http://www.itu.int/ituweblogs/treg/Mali+Sotelma+To+Be+Privatized.aspx itu]</ref> | |||
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== | |||
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