Telcom is a telecommunications network operator in

Somalia Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constitut ...

. It is the first major privately owned company providing

telecommunication Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than tha ...

s services to cities nationwide.

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Telcom is headquartered in

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. It has representative offices in

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and in

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, UK, where accounting,

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and

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services are handled. Its chairman is Mohamed Sheikh, with Hassan Ibrahim Mursal serving as CTO and Omar Hussein Adan as chief transmission officer. There are 750 staff employees.

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Telecommunications companies of Somalia Telecommunications companies established in 1997 Companies based in Mogadishu {{telecom-company-stub

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