Telcom is a
telecommunications network operator in
Somalia
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. It is the first major privately owned company providing
telecommunication
Telecommunication, often used in its plural form or abbreviated as telecom, is the transmission of information over a distance using electronic means, typically through cables, radio waves, or other communication technologies. These means of ...
s services to cities nationwide.
Overview
TELCOM SOMALIA is headquartered in
Bakaara Market,
Mogadishu
Mogadishu, locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and List of cities in Somalia by population, most populous city of Somalia. The city has served as an important port connecting traders across the Indian Ocean for millennia and has ...
. It has representative offices in
Dubai
Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...
,
UAE and in
London
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,
UK, where
accounting
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,
international relations
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and
carrier services are handled.
Its chairman is Mohamed Sheikh, with Said Olow as General Manager, and Hassan Ibrahim Mursal serving as
CTO and Omar Hussein Adan as chief transmission officer. There are 750 staff employees.
It has three dependent networks in Mogadishu, Hargeisa and Bosasso - while there is an interconnectivity link between all of them
See also
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Somtel
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Golis Telecom Somalia
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Hormuud Telecom
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NationLink Telecom
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Netco (Somalia)
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Somafone
*
Somali Telecom Group
References
Telcom
External links
Telcom
Telecommunications companies of Somalia
Telecommunications companies established in 1997
Companies based in Mogadishu
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