Somtel

Somtel
سومتيل

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Type	Mobile network operator
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	1998 Burco, Somalia
Headquarters	Hargeisa, Somalia
Key people	Ahmed Noh Saeed
Products	Mobile communication
Owner	Dahabshiil: 90%
Number of employees	over 6000 worldwide
Slogan	Share your world
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 1G and the first 1G network.

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

Services

• Prepaid services
• Subscription services
• Internet services
• Mobile Money Transfer

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.

Google

Since 2012, Somtel has partnered with Google in e-mail services.

Frequency Band

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

External links

• Somtel