Industry Telecommunications Products Mobile communication | Founded 1998Burco, Somalia Key people Ahmed Noh Saeed | |
Type Mobile network operator | ||
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.
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Somtel is largely owned by Dahabshiil, but is officially registered in the British Virgin Islands.
Services
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.
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.