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| − | | logo = SotelmaLogo. | + | | logo = SotelmaLogo.png |
| type = Private | | type = Private | ||
| industry = Telecommunications,Registry | | industry = Telecommunications,Registry | ||
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| businesses = Malitel | | businesses = Malitel | ||
| products = | | products = | ||
| − | | employees = | + | | employees = 1001-5000 |
| revenue = MAD 17 million (2010),<br> | | revenue = MAD 17 million (2010),<br> | ||
MAD 112 million (March 2011) | MAD 112 million (March 2011) | ||
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| blog = | | blog = | ||
| facebook = [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sotelma/109305979087604 Sotelma] | | facebook = [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sotelma/109305979087604 Sotelma] | ||
| − | | linkedin = | + | | linkedin = [http://fi.linkedin.com/company/sotelma Sotelma] |
| twitter = | | twitter = | ||
| keypeople = [[Aboubacar Cisse]],Technical contact<br> | | keypeople = [[Aboubacar Cisse]],Technical contact<br> | ||
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[[Jacques Bertha]], Director Human Resources | [[Jacques Bertha]], Director Human Resources | ||
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| − | + | '''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> | |
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| − | '''Sotelma''' is Mali telecommunication company. It provides local, international and mobile | ||
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> | ||
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* 51% for The Moroccan telecommunications group.<ref>[http://www.cellular-news.com/story/36276.php cellular-news]</ref> | * 51% for The Moroccan telecommunications group.<ref>[http://www.cellular-news.com/story/36276.php cellular-news]</ref> | ||
* 20% retained by the government. | * 20% retained by the government. | ||
| − | * 10% for | + | * 10% for employees. |
| − | * 19% sold by public offer. | + | * 19% sold by public offer.<ref>[http://www.itu.int/ituweblogs/treg/Mali+Sotelma+To+Be+Privatized.aspx itu]</ref> |
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| + | 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== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
__NOTOC__ | __NOTOC__ | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:20, 28 October 2024
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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