Celtel International

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Celtel International was a pioneering mobile telecommunications company that rapidly expanded cellular services across multiple African countries in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

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instanceOf company
mobile telecommunications company
acquiredBy MTC Kuwait NERFINISHED
Mobile Telecommunications Company (Kuwait) NERFINISHED
acquisitionDate 2005
acquisitionValue 3.4 billion US dollars
activeInPeriod early 2000s
late 1990s
brandReplacedBy Zain NERFINISHED
countryOfIncorporation Netherlands NERFINISHED
customerBase more than 5 million subscribers
dissolvedOrRebranded late 2000s
foundedBy Mo Ibrahim NERFINISHED
founder Mo Ibrahim NERFINISHED
headquartersCountry Netherlands NERFINISHED
headquartersLocation Amsterdam NERFINISHED
industry mobile telecommunications
telecommunications
knownFor pioneering pan-African mobile networks
rapid expansion of mobile services in Africa
laterParentOrganizationName Zain Group NERFINISHED
notableProject building cross-border mobile networks in Africa
numberOfCountriesOfOperation more than 13
operatedIn Burkina Faso NERFINISHED
Chad NERFINISHED
Congo NERFINISHED
Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED
Gabon NERFINISHED
Kenya NERFINISHED
Madagascar NERFINISHED
Malawi NERFINISHED
Niger NERFINISHED
Nigeria NERFINISHED
Sierra Leone NERFINISHED
Sudan NERFINISHED
Tanzania NERFINISHED
Uganda NERFINISHED
Zambia NERFINISHED
operatingArea Africa NERFINISHED
Sub-Saharan Africa NERFINISHED
parentOrganizationAfterAcquisition MTC Group NERFINISHED
providedService SMS services
mobile data services
voice services
regulatoryApproach transparent licensing and anti-corruption stance
serviceType GSM mobile services
startTime 1998
status defunct brand
successor Zain NERFINISHED

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Mo Ibrahim founded Celtel International