Sudatel is a

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and

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in Sudan. The company is responsible for the

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and

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of Sudan's telecom infrastructure. Sudatel is more than 60% owned by the Sudanese government; the remainder being owned by private interests. Its stock is listed on the

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. The company is active in the development of the Al Zariba /

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area.

Related organizations

Sudatel owns stock in the following companies: * Arab Cables - 40% owned by Sudatel * Thurya Mobile Phone Service * Rascom * Sudanet - 51% (sometime between 2005 and 2007, Sudatel acquired a 100% share in Sudanet) * Datanet(Sudan) - 99% * Bank Service * Hawatif Corporation * Expresso Telecom *Sudani

Operations

Sudatel is expanding its satellite

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facilities and building a

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network. Sudatel's fiber projects include: *Sudan - Egypt Fiber Line - 350 km; *Sudan - Ethiopia Landline Project; *Sea Cable Project - the fiber cable project to link

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with

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, under the

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. This US$20 mm project commenced

in May 2003. It is being accomplished in conjunction with

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and the French firm

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; as of December 2006, Sudatel's website reports that "Sudatel is linked to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia via a network of sea cables";
/ref> *Distance Learning Project - connecting universities with remote towns and villages using a dedicated

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system. *Sudatel paid $100 million to be licensed as Mauritania's third

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service provider.
/ref> *Sudatel signed a contract to establish and operate the East Africa continental sea cable, which shall link

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’s telecom network with that of Sudatel, which cable shall run from

to the Cape of Good Hope; the project is being done in association with Alcatel and has a budget of US$250 million.

References

External links

Sudatel{{in lang, en, fr, ar Expresso Telecom
Companies based in Khartoum Telecommunications companies of Sudan