Telecel Group
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| ISIN | 🆔 |
|---|---|
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded 📆 | 2007 |
| Founder 👔 | |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | London (head office) United Kingdom (registered office) |
Area served 🗺️ | +30 Countries, Central African Republic, Gibraltar, South Africa, Senegal, Mauritius, United Kingdom |
Key people | Mohamad Damush (CEO) Hugues Mulliez (Chairman) |
| Services | Voice, Data, SMS, IPTV, international traffic, VAS, Quadruple play |
| Members | |
Number of employees | +700 |
| Subsidiaries | Telecel Global, Telecel Play, Africa Startup Initiative Program, Telecel CAR |
| 🌐 Website | telecelgroup |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Telecel Group is an international telecommunication company present in 20+ countries, operating mainly in Africa through development & acquisition of operators and service provider for mobile operators.[1][2]
Background[edit]
Telecel is an international carrier service provider of Voice, Data, SMS, and IPTV.[3][4]
Telecel Global was established in 2007 as Exxon Telecom.[5][6] During the Mobile World Congress held in Barcelona, Spain, NFS and Telecel Global announced their merger agreement.[7][8]
Telecel has prolonged experience in managing International Voice and SMS gateways of more than Mobile operators located mainly in Africa.[3] The company provides optimal telecommunication services for Mobile Network Operators, Public Switched Telephone Networks (PSTN), OTTs, and Wholesale Carriers with more than 300 global interconnections.[3]
Hugues Mulliez is the Group Chairman[2], Nicolas Bourg is the Managing Partner, and Mohamad Damush is the Group CEO at Telecel Group.[9]
Four Entities[edit]
Telecel Mobile[edit]
Telecel is a MVNO and MVNE operator in South Africa, offering 2G/3G/4G and WIMAX services.[10][11][12][13][5]
Telecel Play[edit]
Telecel Play is a one stop-shop Mobile Application offering several services including but not limited to: RCS, VOD and E/M-commerce all using one single sign-on feature.[14][15][16]
Telecel Global[edit]
Telecel Global is an international voice, data and SMS service provider.[8][6] Telecel Global was founded in 2007 through the bringing together of NFS, the holding company of Telecel and what was Exxon Telecom.[6][17][18]
Africa Startup Initiative Program[edit]
Telecel Group launched Africa Startup Initiative Program (ASIP) at the mobile World Congress 2019, in Barcelona, Spain.[19][20]
ASIP is a startup accelerator CSR Program, which aims to contribute in a meaningful way to the African Continent by support young startups whose innovative ideas are creating a difference in their communities. The program exposes startups to the International Organizations to bridge the knowledge and to allow them to attract partners that can add value to their Startups [20][21]
At a panel in the MWC 2019, Telecel Group revealed that a $10 million fund to increase the contribution of mobile operators in supporting local businesses.[20][21]
Telecel Central African Republic[edit]
Telecel Central African Republic is a mobile telecommunications operator present in the Central African Republic since 1994, It is the oldest and the first mobile operator in the country by the number of customers.[22]
Telecel Limba[edit]
Telecel Group purchased Gibralatar-based mobile network operator (MNO) Limba on May 16, 2019.[23][20][24][25][16] Limba provides fixed services in Gibraltar and is the second Mobile operator in the area (2G/3G/4G licenses).[16]
The acquisition is part of a strategy to create an international hub to digitize businesses in Africa and to widen their footprint.[24][16]
References[edit]
- ↑ Fagbemi, Régis (September 18, 2019). "Afrique: la téléphonie mobile, levier de croissance et d'inclusion" [Africa: mobile telephony, a lever for growth and inclusion]. Economie Matin. Retrieved 18 Jan 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Laurent Foucher et Hugues Mulliez : "Pour réussir en Afrique, il faut aimer l'Afrique"". La Tribune (in français). Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Telecel Global - CB Insights". www.cbinsights.com. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ↑ Olupot, Nathan Ernest (2018-05-22). "What We Know So Far About UTL's Capable Investors". PC Tech Magazine. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "NFS Strives for a Stock Exchange Listing Via a Merger With German Listed Company HPI AG". businesswire.com. 2017-03-03. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Eros Now Announces Entry into South African Market with Telecel Global Partnership". www.businesswire.com. 2017-11-03. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ↑ "Telecel Centrafrique verra ses opérations s" Check
|url=value (help) (in français). Retrieved 2019-09-27. - ↑ 8.0 8.1 Ecofin, Agence. "Telecel Global annonce le lancement prochain de ses activités comme MVNO en Afrique du Sud". Agence Ecofin (in français). Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ↑ "Interview: Telecel Global". Mobile World Live. 2017-03-16. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
- ↑ "Telecel Mobile App for Android - APK Download". APKPure.com. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ↑ "Telecel Zimbabwe launches mobile money credit card". www.thepaypers.com. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ↑ PriMetrica, TeleGeography A. Division of. "Telecel mobile licence expires; the hunt for local shareholder continues". telegeography.com. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ↑ "MVNO Monday: a guide to the week's virtual operator developments". telegeography.com. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ↑ Kabweza, L. S. M. (2014-01-12). "Telecel Play: Operator kinda, sort of, launches an online store (update)". Techzim. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ↑ Karombo, Tawanda. "Telecel launches mobile money Android app". ITWeb Africa. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 MENAFN. "Telecel Group reaches new heights in Europe by acquiring a key mobile operator in Gibraltar". menafn.com. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ↑ "Niger: Orange Pulls Out of Niger Over Tax Dispute - One of Likely Buyers Is a Tax Avoider Named in the Panama Papers". allAfrica.com. 2019-07-01. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ↑ "NFS and Telecel Global Merger Boosts Telecel Operations". www.businesswire.com. 2017-03-04. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ↑ Worldwide, 22B (2019-02-27). "The future Unicorn will be African". Medium. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 "The Ecosystem Accelerator annual bootcamp, MWC and 4YFN summarised in four insights". Mobile for Development. 2019-03-26. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Vidal. "Entrepreneuriat en Afrique : un succès sous conditions". Club de Mediapart (in français). Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ↑ "TELECEL CENTRAFRIQUE, AVEC 50% DE PART DU MARCHE,". centrafricmatin (in français). 2012-06-15. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ↑ "Telecel Group acquires Limba Telecom". telegeography.com. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 "Mobile operator Limba acquired by African telecoms group Telecel". www.gbc.gi. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
- ↑ "Telecel expands to Gibraltar with Limba acquisition". www.telecompaper.com. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
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