Movitel, SA

Movitel
S.A
Industry Telecommunications
Founded 15 May 2012 (2012-05-15)
Headquarters Mozambique
Products GSM-related products
Internet services
Number of employees
 2,521 (October 2015)
Website movitel.co.mz

Movitel is a mobile Telecommunication operator based in Mozambique, in Maputo. It has 12 subsidiaries distributed among 11 provinces, 127 district centers and more than 1,500 employees. The project is a partnership between the Vietnamese company Viettel and Mozambique's SPI (Management and Investment). Its operation began after winning a public tender in 2010 to operate as another mobile telecommunications company in the Mozambican market. The company started building its infrastructure in 2011, at first with a total of 12,500 kilometers long fiber optic and 1,800 antennas that supported services in 2G and 3G.

Chronology

2010 - Movitel [1] in Mozambique;

2011 - Starts build its infrastructure across the country;

2012 - Launches officially its services;[2] for [3] of the;[4]

2013 - Movitel receives the award for Competitive Strategy Leadership by the Company for Research and Consultancy Frost & Sullivan;

2014 - Movitel received the award for best operator in emerging countries; Movitel offers the INGC - National Institute of Disaster Management $200,000 to support the Chokwe district, devastated by the floods.

2015 - provides food baskets to the population of Zambézia devastated by floods, an estimated value of $200 000; It offers smart rooms to the Ministry of Education and Human Development, composed of a set of 200 computers and 12 projectors.

2016 - Received President of Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Trương Tấn Sang, using Video Conference system to make a meeting with all the Vietnamese who live in Mozambique.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ssig.gov.my/blog/2013/10/02/mozambiques-movitel-wins-strategy-leadership-award-in-mobile-communications/ wins competition as the third operator
  2. ↑ http://www.clubofmozambique.com/solutions1/sectionnews.php?secao=business&id=33190&tipo=one Wins the award
  3. ↑ http://www.ruraltelecom.org/rural-telecom-magazine-website/ntcas-rural-telecom-magazine-homepage.html Rural Telecommunications
  4. ↑ http://www.africacomawards.com/ AfricaCom Awards
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