Djezzy (

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: جازي) is

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's principal

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, with a market share of 65% (over 16.49 million subscribers in December 2016) and a network covering 90% of the population (48

wilaya A wilayah ( ar, وَلاية, wālāya or ''wilāya'', plural ; Urdu and fa, ولایت, ''velâyat''; tr, vilayet) is an administrative division, usually translated as "state", "province" or occasionally as "governorate". The word comes fr ...

s). Djezzy is wholly owned by the Algerian state since 2022, previously was a subsidiary of the

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ian company

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(a subsidiary of

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). Djezzy acquired Algeria's second

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license on 11 July 2001, with a bid of $737 million, and was officially launched on February 15, 2002. In January 2015, the National Investment Fund (FNI) took control of 51% of the capital of the company while the foreign partner,

, retained responsibility for the management of the company. In August 2022, VEON sold the remaining 45.57% stake in the company to the National Investment Fund for $682 million, making it the sole owner of Djezzy. Djezzy covers 95% of the population across the national territory and its 3G services are deployed in 48 wilayas. Djezzy launched its 4G services, on October 1, 2016, in 20 wilayas and is committed to covering more than 50% of the population by 2021. Djezzy is engaged in a process of transformation to become the leading digital operator in Algeria and allow customers to navigate the digital world. The company is headed by Vincenzo Nesci Executive Chairman and Matthieu Galvani, Chief Executive Officer. Djezzy was part of

, an international communications and technology company guided by a vision built on entrepreneurial roots and whose values are based on customer satisfaction, innovation, partnership and righteousness. The company provides a wide range of services such as the prepaid, post-paid, data, value-added services and SUT. It has two competitors: the government-owned Mobilis and the privately owned

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Logos

File:DJEZZY LOGO.png, Djezzy logo from 2001 to April 2013. File:Djezzy Logo.png, Djezzy logo from 2013 to April 2015. File:Logo Djezzy 2015.png, Djezzy logo since April 2015.

References

External links

"Official site"

"Alcatel & Orascom"

"Bloomberg Profile"
Algerian brands Companies based in Algiers Telecommunications companies established in 2001 Internet service providers of Algeria Telecommunications companies of Algeria Orascom Group VEON {{telecom-company-stub