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{{CompanyInfo|   
{{CompanyInfo|   
| logo            = SotelmaLogo.jpg
| logo            = SotelmaLogo.png
| type            = Private
| type            = Private
| industry        = Telecommunications,Registry
| industry        = Telecommunications,Registry
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| businesses      = Malitel
| businesses      = Malitel
| products        =  
| products        =  
| employees      = 1300 (2002)
| 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
}}
}}
 
'''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 telephony services as well as internet facilities. It is the official [[ICANN]] registrar for [[.ml]] domain names.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotelma wikipedia]</ref> As a mobile operator Sotelma is second in the lead, [[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>
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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 to employees.
* 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>
<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sotelma wikipedia]</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).


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