Mascom Wireless Proprietary Limited, is a Botswana mobile telecommunications company. Its head office is in

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. It was established in Gaborone, Botswana on February 17, 1998.

History

The company was first licensed on 17 February 1998. It was founded by

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. Until 2003,

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owned a controlling stake in the company. In 2005, MTN Group purchased a 44% stake in Mascom for $128 million. In 2016, Dzene Makhwade-Seboni was appointed Chief Operations Officer and became CEO of the company in 2019. It provides the widest coverage in Botswana, reaching over 95% of the population.

Services

Internet

Mascom offers users mobile internet via

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, 3G, 4G and

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, 4G wingle. Mascom also offer internet service via FTTH (Fiber To The Home). On the 25th of February 2022, Mascom has been the first mobile telecommunication to introduce 5G on four different places around

Gallery of the WTISD 2017 Masunga, North East District

File:Mascom Wireless Stall.jpg, Mascom Wireless Stall at the World telecommunications and information society day 2017 (WTISD 2017)

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