MASCOM

MASCOM wireless is a mobile phone service provider operating in Botswana.

Mascom Wireless
Head-quarters, Tsholetsa house, Gaborone, Botswana
TypePrivate
LocationBotswana, head-quartered in Gaborone
UsePrepaid, mobile telephony, Internet services
OwnerMTN
Established1998
Current statusoperational
Websitewww.mascom.bw

History

The company was first licensed on 17 February 1998.[1][2] Until 2003, Portugal Telecom owned a controlling stake in the company.[3][4] In 2005, MTN Group purchased a 44% stake in Mascom for $128 million.[5]

In 2016, Dzene Makhwade-Seboni was appointed Chief Operations Officer and became CEO of the company in 2019.[6]

It provides the widest coverage in Botswana, reaching over 95% of the population.[7]

Services

Internet

Mascom offers users mobile internet via EDGE, 3G, 4G and 4.5G, 4G wingle. Mascom also offer internet service via FTTH (Fiber To The Home)

  • Mascom wireless participated at the annual World telecommunications and information society day 2017.
  • Mascom Wireless Stall at the World telecommunications and information society day 2017 (WTISD 2017)
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See also

References
  1. Mascom Wireless Botswana (Pty) Ltd., International Telecommunications Union, retrieved 5 July 2014
  2. Company Overview of Mascom Wireless Botswana (Proprietary) Limited, Bloomberg Businessweek, retrieved 5 July 2014
  3. Gabotlale, Bester. "Botswana: Over 60 Percent of Mascom Now Citizen Owned". All Africa. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  4. "Sale of PT'S Stake in Mascom". telecom.pt. Archived from the original on 7 July 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  5. Chirara, Roadwin (2005-10-27). "MTN acquires major stake in Mascom". The Standard. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  6. Prikhodko, Anastasia (2020-05-07). "Dzene Makhwade-Seboni, CEO of Mascom Wireless". The CEO Magazine. Retrieved 2020-07-23.
  7. "About Mascom Wirelesss – Mascom | Number 1 Because of you". Retrieved 2020-05-25.
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