Sonatel ''()'' is the principal
telecommunication
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s provider of
Senegal
Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. It borders Mauritania to Mauritania–Senegal border, the north, Mali to Mali–Senegal border, the east, Guinea t ...
. The company was created by Djibo Leyti Ka, when he was Ministry of Telecommunications in 1985 to provide Senegal with its own telecommunications industry, with Ndaly Ndiaye. The company is active in
fixed line telephony,
mobile telephony
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,
internet service,
television
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and corporate telecommunications. The company is involved in the construction of
fiber optics
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networks in Africa and manages 2,200 kilometers of fiber cable in Senegal.
The headquarters of the company are located in
Dakar
Dakar ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Senegal, largest city of Senegal. The Departments of Senegal, department of Dakar has a population of 1,278,469, and the population of the Dakar metropolitan area was at 4.0 mill ...
, the capital of Senegal.
Orange S.A.
Orange S.A. (; formerly , stylised as france telecom) is a French multinational telecommunications corporation founded in 1988 and headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux, near Paris.
''Orange'' has been the corporation's main brand for mobile, ...
owns a 42.33% controlling stake in Sonatel, which is listed on the
Bourse Régionale des Valeurs Mobilières (BRVM).
The company is the second mobile phone service provider in
Bamako
Bamako is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Mali, with a 2022 population of 4,227,569. It is located on the Niger River, near the rapids that divide the upper and middle Niger valleys in the southwestern part of the country.
Bamak ...
,
Mali
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, and has 1,000,000 mobile phone customers in that country.
The company is involved in the construction of fiber optics networks in Africa and manages 2,200 kilometers fiber cable in Senegal.
Among the other countries it provides network for are as follows: Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali and Moldova.
References
External links
Sonatel Sonatel history page at Sonatel
Telecommunications companies of Senegal
Organisations based in Dakar
Orange S.A.
Companies in the BRVM 10
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