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{{CompanyInfo|   
 
{{CompanyInfo|   
| logo            = SotelmaLogo.jpg
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| 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)
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| 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        =  
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| 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 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>
  
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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>
  
'''Sotelma''' is Mali telecommunication company. It provides local, international and mobile telephony services as well as internet facilities. It is the official [[ICANN]] accredited 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>
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== Second-level domains (Closed or Restricted Registration) ==
  
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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Registrations are at the third level beneath these names:
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* '''.net.ml''': Internet providers
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* '''.org.ml''': Associations (must show registration); international  organizations permitted, but must be registered with the local  administration
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* '''.edu.ml''': Local schools
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* '''.gov.ml''': Governmental organisations
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* '''.presse.ml'''<ref>[http://www.domaines.presse.ml]Domaines .presse.ml
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</ref>: Local press
  
 
== Privatization ==
 
== Privatization ==
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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.
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* 10% for employees.
* 19% sold by public offer.
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* 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>
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 17:15, 23 December 2015

SotelmaLogo.png
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
Dioukamady Sissoko, Secretary General
Sidi Mohamed Naim, CFO
Sidi Ali Zacour, Sales Director
Gaoussou Maiga, Director Infrastructure
Jacques Bertha, Director Human Resources

Sotelma is Mali-based telecommunication company. It provides local, international and mobile telephone services as well as internet services.[1] It is 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]

Second-level domains (Closed or Restricted Registration)

Registrations are at the third level beneath these names:

  • .net.ml: Internet providers
  • .org.ml: Associations (must show registration); international organizations permitted, but must be registered with the local administration
  • .edu.ml: Local schools
  • .gov.ml: Governmental organisations
  • .presse.ml[7]: Local press

Privatization

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

  • 51% for The Moroccan telecommunications group.[8]
  • 20% retained by the government.
  • 10% for employees.
  • 19% sold by public offer.[9]

References

  1. malitel
  2. Mali Gives Away Its .ML Domain Names for Free, BusinessWire. Published 2013 April 7. Retrieved 2015 September 9.
  3. iana
  4. businessmoniter
  5. balancingact-africa
  6. globserver
  7. [1]Domaines .presse.ml
  8. cellular-news
  9. itu