Lumitel

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Viettel Burundi Société Anonyme (Lumitel)
Type Société Anonyme
Industry Telecommunications
Founded19 December 2013
Headquarters51 Uprona Boulevard, Bujumbura, Burundi
Area served
Burundi
Key people
Nguyen Huy Tan (CEO)
Products GSM-related products
Internet services
Number of employees
43,000+ (2021)
Parent Viettel Group
Website Company website

Lumitel is a mobile communications company, providing voice, messaging, data and communication services in Burundi. It is owned by Viettel Global JSC [1] which is the state-owned Investment Company from Vietnam investing in the Telecommunications market in several countries worldwide. [2] Founded in 2013, Lumitel laucnched its service in May 2015. [3] It provides services to over 3 million users. [4] Lumitel became the largest operator in Burundi within 1 month of operation. [5] It's main competitor is Econet Leo.

Lumitel began setting up a 4G LTE system in Burundi in 2016. [6] It also operates the mobile wallet service called Lumicash since 2017 [7] , and a lottery system called Lumiloto since 2021 [8] . As of 2021, Lumitel operates over 25,000 sales location and employs 43,000 sellers. [9]

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References

  1. "Viettel Global JSC".
  2. "Mu Burundi, uruganda rwa 'Lumitel' ruri mu bibazo". BBC News Gahuza (in Kinyarwanda). Retrieved 2022-08-15.
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  5. "It can happen: Viettel's Burundian start-up Lumitel notches 600k subs in first month". www.telegeography.com. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
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  9. "Cérémonies du 7e anniversaire de Lumitel". Lumitel.bi. 19 December 2020.