Telesom is a private telecommunication company established in 2002 by local entrepreneurs in
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 ...
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Somaliland. It is the leading provider of ICT services in the country and offers a wide range of products including voice and mobile broadband, fixed broadband, SMS, mobile money, mobile education, mobile infotainment and cloud offerings such as
SaaS
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IaaS
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PaaS
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services.
Telesom was the first to introduce 2G, 3G and LTE services to the country, and played a significant role in rebuilding the country after the war by building a robust telecommunication infrastructure and enabling access to digital payments via its flagship mobile money platform ZAAD.
The company operates in the entire Somaliland, where it has the widest coverage network, and the company has affiliations with the neighboring countries biggest telecommunication companies and also shares the regional and international roaming service with them.
History
Founded in 2002 by local
stakeholders, it became the first telecommunications company operating in
Somaliland.
Dara Salam Bank
Dara-Salam Bank is a subsidiary of Telesom Company. The Dara-Salaam Bank was created in 2010, before its inception the bank was known as Salaam Financial Services.
darasalaambank.com, 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2016
Products and Services
* Mobile money transfer
* Mobile internet
* Landline
See also
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References
External links
Telesom
Communications in Somaliland
Companies based in Hargeisa
Telecommunications companies of Somaliland
2002 establishments in Somaliland
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