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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 is the official [[ICANN]] accredited registrar for [[.ml]] domain names.<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>

== Privatization ==

Its privatization started in 2008 by the government of Mali. The shares are divided as:

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* 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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-'''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.<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>
 == Privatization ==
 Its privatization started in 2008 by the government of Mali. The shares are divided as:
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 * 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==
 {{reflist}}
 __NOTOC__
-[[Category:Companies|Sotelma]]
+[[Category:Telecommunications]]