Telecomunicações de Moçambique (TDM) ( en, Mozambique Telecommunications) is a

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and

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Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi ...

. Telecomunicações de Moçambique was created in 1981 following the termination of the Posts, Telegraphs and Telephones (PTT) government agency. In late 2002 TDM was transformed into a

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and was renamed Telecomunicações de Moçambique SARL.

TDM Group of companies

The TDM Group of companies includes Mcel (Mozambique's first

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) of which TDM own 74%. In conjunction with the Visabeira group TDM own 50% of TVCabo Mozambique (a

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provider) and 50% of TELEVISA. TDM own 100% of its subsidiary Teledata.

Products and services

Voice

TDM provides pre-paid and post-paid telephony services using POTS as well as

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and provides

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lines for businesses. TDM also owns and operates coin and card-based payphones throughout the country.

Internet

"TDM BandaLarga" service provides broadband

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access through

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and

(fixed-wireless) and TDM is the largest provider of broadband in the country. ADSL speeds range from 128 kbit/s to 4 Mbit/s with various data caps available as an add-on to a POTS voice service. TDM also provides Internet services over dedicated circuits as well as

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services to other ISPs. The majority of Mozambique's ISPs obtain their international Internet connectivity through TDM. TDM itself makes use of the EASSy and SEACOM submarine cable systems for international connectivity.

Leased line and VPN

TDM provides traditional

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services ranging from 64kbit/s to

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as well as MPLS VPN services.

EASSY submarine cable

TDM is a shareholder in WIOCC which is the largest investor in and operator of the

EASSy The Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy) is an undersea fibre optic cable system connecting countries in Eastern Africa to the rest of the world. EASSy runs from Mtunzini in South Africa to Port Sudan in Sudan, with landing points in ...

submarine cable system. Through this TDM provides international connectivity to neighbouring

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countries in southeastern Africa.

References

External links

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Telecomunicações de Moçambique official website
Companies based in Maputo Telecommunications companies of Mozambique Telecommunications companies established in 1981 Mozambican companies established in 1981 1981 establishments in Mozambique {{Mozambique-stub