Somali Telecom Group ; (STG) is a

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s company based in

Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...

. It was founded in 1993 in

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, in the United Shades, by Abdirazak. Osman, Edmund L. Resor, Abdiaziz Ismail Dualeh and Luis F. George. According to the

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's website's front page, it is Somalia's "first telecom service provider". STG maintains offices in 10 Somali cities; its head offices are currently located in

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History

After its founding in 1993, STG built telecom service accordingly: *1994:

Bosasso Bosaso ( so, Boosaaso, ar, بوصاصو), historically known as Bender Cassim is a city in the northeastern Bari province ('' gobol'') of Somalia. It is the seat of the Bosaso District. Located on the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden, the muni ...

- (North East Telecom Corporation - Netco) *1994:

Hargeisa Hargeisa (; so, Hargeysa, ar, هرجيسا) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Somaliland. It is located in the Maroodi Jeex region of the Horn of Africa. It succeeded Burco as the capital of the British Somaliland Protector ...

*1997:

Galcaio Galkayo ( so, Gaalkacyo, ar, جالكعيو Dr Badal Kariye Ba Bsit Ma Mba & Phd, ''The Kaleidoscopic Lover: The Civil War in the Horn of Africa & My Itinerary for a Peaceful Lover'', (AuthorHouse: 2010), p.116.) which in Af- Somali translates t ...

(STG Galcom) *1998:

Mogadishu Mogadishu (, also ; so, Muqdisho or ; ar, مقديشو ; it, Mogadiscio ), locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and List of cities in Somalia by population, most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port ...

- ( STG NationLink) *1999:

Burao Burao, also spelt Bur'o or Bur'ao (; so, Burco, , ar, برعو) is the capital of the Togdheer region and the second largest city in Somaliland. Burao was also the third largest city of Somalia. Burao was the site of the declaration of an in ...

- (STG Burao) *2000:

Garowe Garowe ( so, Garoowe, ar, غَاْرَّوْؤَيَ,

- (STG Puntel) Somali Telecom Group has continued to expand and as of 2007, service is available in the following localities: * Ba'adweyn *

Berbera Berbera (; so, Barbara, ar, بربرة) is the capital of the Sahil region of Somaliland and is the main sea port of the country. Berbera is a coastal city and was the former capital of the British Somaliland protectorate before Hargeisa. It ...

Bosaso Bosaso ( so, Boosaaso, ar, بوصاصو), historically known as Bender Cassim is a city in the northeastern Bari province ('' gobol'') of Somalia. It is the seat of the Bosaso District. Located on the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden, the mun ...

Netco *

Burtinle Burtinle ( so, Buurtinle), also known as ''Bur Tinle or Buurtinleh'', is a city in the Nugal and Hawd districts of the state of Puntland in northeastern Somalia. Overview Burtinle is the center of the Burtinle District. It lies in between Gal ...

* Erigabo * Galciao Galcom *

Garowe Garowe ( so, Garoowe, ar, غَاْرَّوْؤَيَ,

Puntel *

Goldogob Galdogob ( so, Galdogob, ar, جلدغب) is a border town wholly administered by the semi-autonomous Puntland State of Somalia, and serves as the capital of the Galdogob District within the Mudug region. The town technically straddles the dispu ...

Goltel *

STC Hargeisa

Operations

STG's services include: *

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* Local and international long distance *

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External links

Former domain name
Communications in Somalia Telecommunications companies of Somalia {{Somalia-stub

History

Operations

See also

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