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

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is listed on the Bahrain Stock Exchange. The company is active in the development of the Al Zariba /

North Kurdufan North Kordofan ( ar, شمال كردفان, Šamāl Kurdufān) is one of the 18 wilayat or states of Sudan. It has an area of 185,302 km2 and an estimated population of 2,920,890 (2008 census) (3,340,000 (2011 estimate)). El-Obeid is the ...

area.

Related organizations

Sudatel owns

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% *

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* Hawatif Corporation *

Expresso Telecom Expresso is an African telecommunications services company. It provides telecommunication services in three African markets: Mauritania, Senegal, Sudan. Expresso is a key player in the implementation of the Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) submarine c ...

*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

Port Sudan Port Sudan ( ar, بور سودان, Būr Sūdān) is a port city in eastern Sudan, and the capital of the state of Red Sea. , it has 489,725 residents. Located on the Red Sea, Port Sudan is recognized as Sudan's main seaport and the source of 90 ...

with

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, under the

Red Sea The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأحمر - بحر القلزم, translit=Modern: al-Baḥr al-ʾAḥmar, Medieval: Baḥr al-Qulzum; or ; Coptic: ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϩⲁϩ ''Phiom Enhah'' or ⲫⲓⲟⲙ ⲛ̀ϣⲁⲣⲓ ''Phiom ǹšari''; ...

. This US$20 mm project commenced

in May 2003. It is being accomplished in conjunction with British Telecommunications and the French firm Alcatel; as of December 2006, Sudatel's website reports that "Sudatel is linked to the

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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

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; the project is being done in association with Alcatel and has a

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of US$250 million.

References

External links

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