Somtel


Somtel is a telecommunications company headquartered in Hargeisa, Somaliland.

Regions

Somtel provides services in all over Somaliland and Somalia.

Background

One of Somalia's and Somaliland's leading telecommunications firms, it provides a comprehensive range of mobile voice and data services to customers, including Mobile Money Service and is a 3G and 4G services provider in Somalia's network.
Somtel is largely owned by Dahabshiil, but is officially registered in the British Virgin Islands.

Services

O3b

In November 2013, O3b Networks, Ltd. announced an agreement to provide high-speed, low-latency capacity to Somtel. The pact is expected to improve the firm's networks and reliability.

Google

Since 2012, Somtel has partnered with Google in e-mail services.

Frequency Band

Somtel operates on GSM and 4G LTE networks.
3G 2100, 2G 1800, 900 and LTE 800MHz 20 FDD.