Somtel
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| Mobile network operator. | |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 1998 Burco, Somalia |
| Headquarters | Hargeisa, Somalia |
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Key people
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Ahmed Noh Saeed |
| Products | Mobile communication |
| Owner | Dahabshiil: 95% |
| Website | www |
Somtel (Somali: Somtel, Arabic: سومتيل) is a telecommunications company headquartered in Hargeisa, the capital of the internationally unrecognised Republic of Somaliland.
Somtel provides services in all over Somalia.
One of Somalia's and Somaliland's leading telecommunications firms, it provides a comprehensive range of mobile voice and data services to customers, including Mobile Money Service and the G and G services provider in Somalia network.
Somtel is largely owned by Dahabshiil, but is officially registered in the British Virgin Islands.
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.
Since 2012, Somtel has partnered with Google in e-mail services.
Somtel operates on GSM and 4G LTE networks. 3G 2100, 2G 1800, 900 and LTE 800MHz 20 FDD.
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