Tunisie Telecom

Tunisie Telecom is the incumbent telecom operator in Tunisia. Tunisie Telecom has more than 6 million subscribers in the fixed and mobile telephony, in Tunisia and abroad.

Tunisie Telecom
TypePublic limited company
IndustryTelecommunications
Founded17 April 1995 (1995-04-17)[1]
Headquarters
Tunis
,
Tunisia
Number of locations
2
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsFixed line and mobile telephony, Internet services,
OwnerTunisian State (65%), Dubai Holding (via TECOM-DIG) (35%)
Number of employees
6,400[2]
Websitewww.tunisietelecom.tn

History

Tunisie Telecom has an important role in improving the rate of internet penetration in Tunisia, which allowed it to have 140,000 subscribers at the end of April 2008.[3]

In 2009, Huawei Marine Networks delivered the HANNIBAL submarine communications cable system for Tunisie Telecom across the Mediterranean Sea to Italy.[4]: 310 

Tunisie Telecom became a European telecoms operator with its 60% share purchase of the Maltese telecommunications company GO from the Emirati EIT for €200 million in June 2016.[5]

In December 2021, the Malagasy group Axian, led by Hassanein Hiridjee, made the highest bid among potential buyers for Mauritanian telecom operator Mattel, a subsidiary of Tunisie Telecom. His proposal would be around 100 million euros (DTH 326,106,511.50).[6]

References
  1. (in French)
  2. (in French)
  3. "Tunisie Telecom - Particulier".
  4. Shinn, David H.; Eisenman, Joshua (2023). China's Relations with Africa: a New Era of Strategic Engagement. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-21001-0.
  5. Fehri, Noonan (27 July 2016). "Financing market "Go Malta" not taken from state public finances (Noonan Fehri)".
  6. "ÉCONOMIE Mauritanie : Tunisie Télécom va-t-il vendre Mattel au profit d'Axian ?". 23 December 2021.


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