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Viettel Tanzania Public Limited Company, trading as Halotel, is a mobile communications company, providing voice, messaging, data and communication services in Tanzania. It is owned by Viettel Global JSC[2] which is the state-owned Investment Company from Vietnam investing in the Telecommunications market in several countries worldwide. It has invested up to $1 Billion into the Tanzania's telecommunications market.[3] The Company was the first company in Tanzania allowed to lay its own fiber optic cable and has placed over 18,000 km of optic fiber, providing all 26 regions of Tanzania with telecommunication services.[4]
The Tanzanian telecom market is one of the most competitive markets in Africa and Tanzania has over 79% mobile phone penetration.[5] The company aims to capitalize on the providing a very wide coverage as quickly as possible and the company claims to cover over 81% of the country's area soon to be the higher than any of the major providers.[6]
Halotel was launched in October 2015 and deployed in all 26 Tanzanian regions.[7][8] This was Viettel's fourth investment in Africa after Movitel, Lumitel and Nexttel in Mozambique, Burundi and Cameroon respectively.[9] Viettel started investing in the country in 2011 and planned $736 million in investment after the then president Jakaya Kikwete made a state visit to Vietnam. The goal of the government was to encourage rural mobile connectivity in the country where and the government saw fit to increase competition by allowing Viettel to operate in the country.[4]
The entry of Viettel also saw further liberalization of the communication sector, where the government allowed private companies to lay their own optic fiber cables. The company had promised to connect several public institutions around the country with the optic fibre network and connect over 1500 villages to the telecommunication grid that were previously not served.[10] The company also tried to partner with state-owned energy company Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited (TANESCO) to use TANESCO's power poles to serve as antennas, however due to high costs the plan was abandoned.[11]
The company has successfully obtained licenses to operate its mobile money services HALOPESA to help it compete with Tanzania's well established operators.[12]
Coverageedit
Halotel currently covers all regions of Tanzania with its 2G and 3G network via the 900MHz, 1800MHz and 2100MHz Frequency Spectrums and is on an ongoing deployment of telecommunication towers and sites to cover all regions with its 4G network. To improve on its 4G coverage and capacity, Halotel obtained additional 2600MHz Frequency Spectrum as auctioned off by the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority in October 2022.[13]
Subscription and Market Shareedit
As of March 2023, Halotel boasts a total of 8,146,036 subscribers out of the 61.9 Million Mobile telecommunication services subscribers in Tanzania which is a 13% market share.[14] Halotel through its HaloPesa mobile money service boasts a sum of 3,821,098 subscribers with access to the service in the country, a total of 9% market share in the Mobile financial services space.[14]
Viettel Group is a Vietnam based telecommunications group. It is a state-owned enterprise wholly owned and operated by the Ministry of Defence of Vietnam. The company has a customer base of over 75 million as of 2014 and made over $8 billion in revenue.[15] As of December 2015[update],the Group has subsidiaries in:[16]
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External linksedit
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This article may have been created or edited in return for undisclosed payments a violation of Wikipedia s terms of use It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view November 2022 Viettel Tanzania Public Limited Company trading as Halotel is a mobile communications company providing voice messaging data and communication services in Tanzania It is owned by Viettel Global JSC 2 which is the state owned Investment Company from Vietnam investing in the Telecommunications market in several countries worldwide It has invested up to 1 Billion into the Tanzania s telecommunications market 3 The Company was the first company in Tanzania allowed to lay its own fiber optic cable and has placed over 18 000 km of optic fiber providing all 26 regions of Tanzania with telecommunication services 4 Viettel Tanzania Public Limited Company Halotel TypePublicIndustryTelecommunicationsFounded15 October 2015 8 years ago 15 October 2015 HeadquartersDar Es Salaam New Bagamoyo road Tanzanite Park 10th floor TanzaniaArea servedTanzaniaKey peopleNguyen Tien Dung Managing Director ProductsGSM related products Internet servicesNumber of employees702 F Y 2023 1 Tanzanian Employees ParentViettel GroupWebsitewww wbr halotel wbr co wbr tzThe Tanzanian telecom market is one of the most competitive markets in Africa and Tanzania has over 79 mobile phone penetration 5 The company aims to capitalize on the providing a very wide coverage as quickly as possible and the company claims to cover over 81 of the country s area soon to be the higher than any of the major providers 6 Contents 1 History 2 Coverage 3 Subscription and Market Share 4 Viettel Group 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory editHalotel was launched in October 2015 and deployed in all 26 Tanzanian regions 7 8 This was Viettel s fourth investment in Africa after Movitel Lumitel and Nexttel in Mozambique Burundi and Cameroon respectively 9 Viettel started investing in the country in 2011 and planned 736 million in investment after the then president Jakaya Kikwete made a state visit to Vietnam The goal of the government was to encourage rural mobile connectivity in the country where and the government saw fit to increase competition by allowing Viettel to operate in the country 4 The entry of Viettel also saw further liberalization of the communication sector where the government allowed private companies to lay their own optic fiber cables The company had promised to connect several public institutions around the country with the optic fibre network and connect over 1500 villages to the telecommunication grid that were previously not served 10 The company also tried to partner with state owned energy company Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited TANESCO to use TANESCO s power poles to serve as antennas however due to high costs the plan was abandoned 11 The company has successfully obtained licenses to operate its mobile money services HALOPESA to help it compete with Tanzania s well established operators 12 Coverage editHalotel currently covers all regions of Tanzania with its 2G and 3G network via the 900MHz 1800MHz and 2100MHz Frequency Spectrums and is on an ongoing deployment of telecommunication towers and sites to cover all regions with its 4G network To improve on its 4G coverage and capacity Halotel obtained additional 2600MHz Frequency Spectrum as auctioned off by the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority in October 2022 13 Subscription and Market Share editAs of March 2023 Halotel boasts a total of 8 146 036 subscribers out of the 61 9 Million Mobile telecommunication services subscribers in Tanzania which is a 13 market share 14 Halotel through its HaloPesa mobile money service boasts a sum of 3 821 098 subscribers with access to the service in the country a total of 9 market share in the Mobile financial services space 14 Viettel Group editMain article Viettel Mobile nbsp Map showing countries with Viettel Group presenceViettel Group is a Vietnam based telecommunications group It is a state owned enterprise wholly owned and operated by the Ministry of Defence of Vietnam The company has a customer base of over 75 million as of 2014 and made over 8 billion in revenue 15 As of December 2015 update the Group has subsidiaries in 16 Viettel Group global subsidiaries December 2015 Africa Americas Asia nbsp Burundi Lumitel nbsp Haiti Natcom nbsp Cambodia Metfone nbsp Cameroon Nexttel nbsp Peru Bitel nbsp Laos Unitel nbsp Mozambique Movitel nbsp East Timor Telemor nbsp Tanzania Halotel nbsp Myanmar Viettel Mytel nbsp Vietnam Viettel MobileSee also edit nbsp Tanzania portal nbsp Telecommunication portalTelecommunications in Tanzania Tanzania Communication Regulatory AuthorityReferences edit Hello Tanzania as 3G Halotel plans pan territorial coverage Daily News Daily News 6 January 2016 Retrieved 7 January 2016 Viettel Global JSC Halotel Who we are Retrieved 2015 12 20 a b Viettel Tanzania wins award for its investment projects News VietNamNet english vietnamnet vn Retrieved 2016 01 05 TCRA June 2015 Statistics PDF tcra go tz Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authrotiy June 2015 Retrieved 5 January 2015 A company owned by Vietnam s military will put 1 billion into Tanzania s mobile market Quartz Retrieved 2016 01 05 Viettel to launch in Tanzania in Oct 15 under Halotel banner TeleGeography Primerica Retrieved 2015 12 20 BUSINESS Viettel invests 736 million to launch in Tanzania as Halotel TechMoran October 15 2015 Retrieved 2015 12 20 Jefwa Baraka October 15 2015 Viettel launches mobile internet services in Tanzania through Halotel CIO East Africa International Data Group Retrieved 2015 12 20 Tanzania Allows Viettel to Lay Its Own Fibre Optic Cable allAfrica com Allafrica Retrieved 2016 01 05 Kabendera Erick 25 October 2015 Tanzania allows Viettel to lay its own fibre optic cable PDF The East African Retrieved 5 January 2015 Tanzanie l entree de Viettel annoncee dans le Mobile Money Agence Ecofin in French Retrieved 2016 01 05 TCRA Spectrum Auctioning tcra go tz Retrieved 2023 04 28 a b TCRA Statistics tcra go tz Retrieved 2023 04 28 Group Viettel Viettel Group viettel com vn Retrieved 2016 01 05 Viettel Group Profile Viettel Group Retrieved 2015 12 20 External links edit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Halotel amp oldid 1187697247, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
