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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> | + | '''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> |
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> | ||
Revision as of 06:09, 13 May 2011
| 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: | 1300 (2002) |
| Revenue: | MAD 17 million (2010), MAD 112 million (March 2011) |
| Website: | malitel |
| Facebook: | Sotelma |
| Key People | |
| Aboubacar Cisse,Technical contact Noureddine Boumzebra, Director General | |
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.[1] As a mobile operator Sotelma is second in the lead, ikatel being the first.[2] Sotelma has 70,000 GSM subscribers, 60,000 of which are pre-paid.[3]
The Moroccan telecommunications group bought 51% shares of Sotelma for 275 million euros in 2008.[4]
Privatization
Its privatization started in 2008 by the government of Mali. The shares are divided as:
- 51% for The Moroccan telecommunications group.[5]
- 20% retained by the government.
- 10% for to employees.
- 19% sold by public offer.