Tunisie Telecom

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Tunisie Telecom
Company type Public limited company
Industry Telecommunications
Founded17 April 1995;30 years ago (1995-04-17) [1]
Headquarters,
Number of locations
2
Area served
Worldwide
Products Fixed line and mobile telephony, Internet services,
OwnerTunisian State (65%), Dubai Holding (via TECOM-DIG) (35%)
Number of employees
6,400 [2]
Website www.tunisietelecom.tn

Tunisie Telecom is the incumbent telecom operator in Tunisia. Tunisie Telecom has more than 6 million subscribers in the fixed and mobile telephony, in Tunisia and abroad.

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History

Tunisie Telecom has an important role in improving the rate of internet penetration in Tunisia, which allowed it to have 140,000 subscribers at the end of April 2008. [3]

In 2009, Huawei Marine Networks delivered the HANNIBAL submarine communications cable system for Tunisie Telecom across the Mediterranean Sea to Italy. [4] :310

In September 2012, CEO Ali Ghodhbani retired and was succeeded by Mokhtar Mnakri, former CEO of Alcatel's subsidiary. [5]

In 2014, Salah Jarraya was appointed CEO, succeeding Mnakri whose term had come to an end. [6]

Tunisie Telecom became a European telecoms operator with its 60% share purchase of the Maltese telecommunications company GO from the Emirati EIT for €200 million in June 2016. [7]

In December 2021, the Malagasy group Axian, led by Hassanein Hiridjee, made the highest bid among potential buyers for Mauritanian telecom operator Mattel, a subsidiary of Tunisie Telecom. His proposal would be around 100 million euros (DTH 326,106,511.50). [8]

References

  1. (in French)
  2. (in French)
  3. "Tunisie Telecom - Particulier".
  4. Shinn, David H.; Eisenman, Joshua (2023). China's Relations with Africa: a New Era of Strategic Engagement. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN   978-0-231-21001-0.
  5. "Mokhtar Mnakri PDG de Tunisie Telecom". leaders. September 3, 2012.
  6. "Salah Jarraya nouveau PDG de Tunisie Télécom". directinfo. September 26, 2014.
  7. Fehri, Noonan (27 July 2016). "Financing market "Go Malta" not taken from state public finances (Noonan Fehri)".
  8. "ÉCONOMIE Mauritanie : Tunisie Télécom va-t-il vendre Mattel au profit d'Axian ?". 23 December 2021.