Thirteen years ago, in 1994, Zain (formerly known as Fastlink), revolutionized telecommunications in Jordan by introducing GSM mobile services into the country. Zain quickly became the foremost telecom company in Jordan, a position that it kept to this day through a far sighted policy of investment in adopting cutting edge technology to provide state of the art services to clients, and investment in community development through the most active and substantive corporate social responsibility (CSR) program in the country.
We are the leading telecommunications company operating in Kenya. We provide a host of products and services for Telephony, GPRS, 3G, EDGE, Data and Fax. Our services are all geared towards growth. We seek to make positive contributions to communities in direct ways through value added services and financial support for community projects. Our commitment in giving back to the society seeks to address Health, Sports, Culture and Education. Our people make Safaricom exceptionally successful and we always seek to attract, develop, reward and retain outstanding individuals who we are committed to offering challenging responsibilities and development opportunities.
Vodacom Group is a pan-African cellular communications company providing a world class GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) service to over 20 million customers (as at December 2005) in South Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania, Lesotho and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Celtel is a telecommunications company operating in several African countries and is a subsidiary of Zain Group, or "Zain" in short. It was founded by Sudanese-born Mo Ibrahim.
Orange is the brand used by France Télécom for its mobile network operator and Internet service provider subsidiaries. Orange also belongs to the FreeMove mobile phone alliance. Orange is now the unique commercial façade of almost all France Télécom services.
Maroc Telecom is the main telecommunication company in Morocco. IAM employs around 11,178 employees. It has 8 regional delegations with 220 offices present on all the territory of Morocco.
MTN Nigeria is part of the MTN Group, Africa’s leading cellular telecommunications company. On May 16, 2001, MTN became the first GSM network to make a call following the globally lauded Nigerian GSM auction conducted by the Nigerian Communications Commission earlier in the year.
Wataniya Telecom is the second licensed GSM mobile operator in Kuwait initially backed by KIPCO (the Kuwait Investment Projects Company). Wataniya Telecom’s first investment outside Kuwait was in 2002, with the acquisition of a 50% stake in the Tunisian operator Tunisiana. This move to expand regionally was followed in 2003 with the award of a license to operate a mobile network in Algeria (WTA - Nedjma). Wataniya Telecom participated in a consortium awarded one of three licenses in Iraq (AsiaCell).
Mobily is the official brand name of Etihad Etisalat, the 2nd mobile service provider in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Established in accordance with a 2004 royal decree, the ownership of the company is two-fold: A Saudi ownership, comprising public investors holding 20% of the company’s shareholding, while private investors own a 45% stake. The balance of 35% is owned by the Etisalat of UAE.
TIGO was launched in Senegal on 2006, to replace the old national brand SENTEL GSM with a new international brand. It competes with international operators like ORANGE (Sonatel), using technologies GSM/GPRS/EDGE over 900 MHz.
