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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Celtel International canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf company ⓘ
mobile telecommunications company ⓘ
acquiredBy MTC Kuwait ⓘ
Mobile Telecommunications Company (Kuwait) ⓘ
linked to: Mobily
acquisitionDate 2005 ⓘ
acquisitionValue 3.4 billion US dollars ⓘ
activeInPeriod early 2000s ⓘ
late 1990s ⓘ
brandReplacedBy Zain ⓘ
countryOfIncorporation Netherlands ⓘ
customerBase more than 5 million subscribers ⓘ
dissolvedOrRebranded late 2000s ⓘ
foundedBy Mo Ibrahim ⓘ
founder Mo Ibrahim ⓘ
headquartersCountry Netherlands ⓘ
headquartersLocation Amsterdam ⓘ
industry mobile telecommunications ⓘ
telecommunications ⓘ
knownFor pioneering pan-African mobile networks ⓘ
rapid expansion of mobile services in Africa ⓘ
laterParentOrganizationName Zain Group ⓘ
notableProject building cross-border mobile networks in Africa ⓘ
numberOfCountriesOfOperation more than 13 ⓘ
operatedIn Burkina Faso ⓘ
Chad ⓘ
Congo ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Gabon ⓘ
Kenya ⓘ
Madagascar ⓘ
Malawi ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Nigeria ⓘ
Sierra Leone ⓘ
Sudan ⓘ
Tanzania ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
Zambia ⓘ
operatingArea Africa ⓘ
Sub-Saharan Africa ⓘ
parentOrganizationAfterAcquisition MTC Group ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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Mo Ibrahim → founded → Celtel International ⓘ
Mohammed Ibrahim → founded → Celtel International ⓘ