Sonatel ''()'' is the principal
telecommunication
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s provider of
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 井仆井內丐中五 (Senegaali); Arabic: 塈堻媞塈 ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''R矇ewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 井仆不丐仆不五 ...
. The company is active in
fixed line telephony,
mobile telephony
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,
internet service
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,
television
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and corporate telecommunications. The company is involved in the construction of
fiber optics
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networks in Africa and manages 2,200 kilometers of fiber cable in Senegal.
The headquarters of the company are located in
Dakar
Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar metropolitan area is estimated at 3.94 million in 2 ...
, the capital of Senegal.
Orange S.A.
Orange S.A. (), formerly France T矇l矇com S.A. (stylized as france telecom) is a French multinational telecommunications corporation. It has 266 million customers worldwide and employs 89,000 people in France, and 59,000 elsewhere. In 2015, ...
owns a 42.33% controlling stake in Sonatel, which is listed on the
Bourse R矇gionale des Valeurs Mobili癡res
The Bourse R矇gionale des Valeurs Mobili癡res SA ("Regional Securities Exchange SA"), or BRVM, is a regional stock exchange serving the following West African countries:
* Benin
* Burkina Faso
* C繫te d'Ivoire
* Guinea Bissau
* Mali
...
(BRVM).
The company is the second mobile phone service provider in
Bamako
Bamako ( bm, 腄葶葶 ''Bmak'', ff, 丐丰丐仇亢 ''Bamako'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Mali, with a 2009 population of 1,810,366 and an estimated 2022 population of 2.81 million. It is located on t ...
,
Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 井仆不丐仆不五 丐中五, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, 堿堭堜 塈, Jumh贖riyyt Ml蘋 is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali ...
, and has 1,000,000 mobile phone customers in that country.
The company is involved in the construction of fiber optics networks in Africa and manages 2,200 kilometers fiber cable in Senegal.
Among the other countries it provides network for are as follows: Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Luxembourg, Madagascar, C繫te d'Ivoire, Mali and Moldova.
References
External links
Sonatel Sonatel history page at Sonatel
Telecommunications companies of Senegal
Organisations based in Dakar
Orange S.A.
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