Somtel

Saki
سومتيل

Type	Mobile network operator
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	1998 Burco, Somalia
Headquarters	Hargeisa, Somalia
Key people	Ahmed Noh Saeed
Products	Mobile communication
Owner	Dahabshiil: 90%[1]
Number of employees	over 6000 worldwide
Website	www.somtelnetwork.net

Somtel (Somali: Somtel, Arabic: سومتيل‎‎) is a telecommunications company headquartered in Hargeisa, the capital of the northwestern Somaliland region of Somalia. One of Somalia's leading telecommunications firms, it provides a comprehensive range of mobile voice and data services to customers, including Mobile Money Service and the first 4G and 3G services provider in Somalia network.^[2]

Somtel is largely owned by Dahabshiil, but is officially registered in the British Virgin Islands.^[3]

Services

• Prepaid services
• Subscription services
• Internet services
• IPTV
• VOIP
• Cloud
• Mobile Wallet

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Partnerships

O3b

In November 2013, O3b Networks, Ltd. announced an agreement to provide high-speed, low-latency capacity to Somtel. The pact is expected to improve the firm's networks and reliability.^[7]

Google

Since 2012, Somtel has partnered with Google in e-mail services.^{[8] [9]}

Frequency Band

Somtel operates on GSM and 4G LTE networks. 3G 2100, 2G 1800, 900 and LTE 800MHz 20 FDD.

References

External links

• Somtel