Somafone Telecommunications Service Company (operating as Somafone) is one of
Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐; ar, ุงูุตูู
ุงู, aแนฃ-แนขลซmฤl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...
's leading
telecommunication
Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than that fe ...
s firms. It was established in 2003 as a fully owned subsidiary of Somafone FZ LLC of the
Dubai Internet City
Dubai Internet City (DIC) ( ar, ู
ุฏููุฉ ุฏุจู ููุฅูุชุฑูุช) is an information technology and business park created by the Government of Dubai as a free economic zone and a strategic base for companies targeting regional emerging markets ...
. The company's head offices are located in
Mogadishu
Mogadishu (, also ; so, Muqdisho or ; ar, ู
ูุฏูุดู ; 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 ...
.
See also
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Golis Telecom Somalia
Golis Telecom Somalia ( so, Shirkadda Isgaadhsiinta ee Golis Soomaaliya), shortened to Golis, is the largest telecommunications operator in the Puntland state of northeastern Somalia. It was founded in 2002 with the objective of supplying the cou ...
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Hormuud Telecom
Hormuud Telecom Somalia Inc. is a privately held telecommunications company based in Mogadishu, Somalia. It is the largest telecommunication company and largest private-sector employer in the country, and also Somalia's first private enterprise t ...
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Telcom
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Netco (Somalia)
North Eastern Telecommunications Company (Netco Ltd.) is a telecommunications company established in 1993 in Bosaso, the commercial capital of Puntland an autonomous region of Somalia.
Overview
Netco is owned by Ismael Haji Abdi, an MBA graduat ...
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NationLink Telecom
NationLink Telecom is a telecommunications firm based in Somalia.
Overview
NationLink Telecom was founded in September 1997 by Abdirizak Ido, a Somali businessman currently serving as the company's President and controlling shareholder. The firm ...
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Somali Telecom Group
Somali Telecom Group ; (STG) is a telecommunications company based in Somalia. It was founded in 1993 in Rockville, Maryland, in the United Shades, by Abdirazak. Osman, Edmund L. Resor, Abdiaziz Ismail Dualeh and Luis F. George. According to the ...
External links
Somafone.com official site
Telecommunications companies of Somalia
Companies based in Mogadishu
2003 establishments in Somalia
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