Celtel

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Celtel

Type	Private
Founded	Kenya
Headquarters	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Key people	Mo Ibrahim, Chairman
Industry	Telecommunications
Products	G.S.M.-related products
Slogan	Making life better
Website	www.celtel.com

Celtel is a telecommunications company operating in several African countries and is a subsidiary of Mobile Telecommunications Company, or "MTC" in short. It was founded by Sudanese-born Mo Ibrahim.

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Originally known as "MSI Cellular Investments", the company began operating in 1998. On January 2004, the company name was changed to "Celtel International". In April 2005 the company was acquired by and became a subsidiary of the Mobile Telecommunications Company. Celtel now spans over 15 countries in Africa with over $750 million in investments.

Celtel operates in the following countries:

Burkina Faso
Chad
Republic of Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo
Gabon
Kenya
Madagascar - Madacom
Malawi
Niger
Nigeria - taking over from Vmobile Nigeria [1]
Sierra Leone
Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda
Zambia

It has currently 15.5 million subscribers

In September 2006 Celtel launched "One Network",the world's first borderless network across East Africa,enabling it's subscribers in Kenya,Uganda and Tanzania to roam free between these countries, thereby scrapping roaming charges, making calls at local rates, receiving incoming calls free of charge and recharging with local top up cards. This was a World's First.