Movitel is a mobile
Telecommunication
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operator based in
Mozambique
Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...
, in Maputo. It has 12 subsidiaries distributed among 11 provinces, 127 district centers and more than 1,500 employees.
The project is a
partnership
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between the
Vietnamese
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* Something of, from, or related to Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia
** A citizen of Vietnam. See Demographics of Vietnam.
* Vietnamese people, or Kinh people, a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Vietnam
** Overse ...
company
Viettel
The Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group (), less formally recognized as Viettel Group () or simply Viettel, is a Vietnamese multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Hanoi, Vietnam. Viettel is the largest telecommuni ...
and Mozambique'
SPI(''Management and Investment''). Its operation began after winning a public tender in 2010 to operate as another mobile telecommunications company in the Mozambican market.
The company started building its
infrastructure in 2011, at first with a total of 12,500 kilometers long
fiber optic
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and 1,800
antennas
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that supported
services
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Activities
* Administrative service, a required part of the workload of university faculty
* Civil service, the body of employees of a government
* Community service, volunteer service for the benefit of a community or a p ...
in
2G and
3G.
Chronology
2010 - Movitel wins competition as the third operator in Mozambique;
2011 - Starts build its
infrastructure across the
country
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;
2012 - Launches officially its services;
2013 - Movitel receives the
award
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An awar ...
for Competitive Strategy Leadership by the Company for Research and Consultancy Frost & Sullivan;
2014 - Movitel received the
award
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An awar ...
for best operator in
emerging countries; Movitel offers the INGC
- National Institute of Disaster Management $200,000 to support the
Chokwe district, devastated by the
floods.
2015 - provides food baskets to the population of
Zambézia devastated by
floods, an estimated value of $200 000; It offers smart rooms to the Ministry of Education and Human Development, composed of a set of 200
computers and 12
projectors
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.
2016 - Received President of
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
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,
Trương Tấn Sang
Trương Tấn Sang (born 21 January 1949) is a Vietnamese politician, who served as the seventh President of Vietnam from 2011 to 2016. He was one of Vietnam's top leaders, alongside prime minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng and Party general secret ...
, using Video Conference system to make a meeting with all the Vietnamese who live in Mozambique.
See also
*
Viettel
The Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group (), less formally recognized as Viettel Group () or simply Viettel, is a Vietnamese multinational telecommunications company headquartered in Hanoi, Vietnam. Viettel is the largest telecommuni ...
*
Lumitel
Lumitel is a mobile communications company, providing voice, messaging, data and communication services in Burundi. It is owned by Viettel Global JSC which is the state-owned Investment Company from Vietnam investing in the Telecommunications mar ...
*
Viettel Tanzania (Halotel)
References
External links
*{{Official website, http://www.movitel.co.mz
Info DailyMy beatMobile TV
Viettel
Telecommunications companies of Mozambique
Telecommunications companies established in 2012
Companies based in Maputo