Africell

Africell is a mobile phone company in Africa.

Products

Africell operates its business in the West African States The Gambia and Sierra Leone. The company is a subsidiary of the Lebanese telecommunications company Lintel. To be sold for the mass market and prepaid cards for businesses or business mobile phone contracts. The delivery of Short Message Service (SMS ) in the GSM network ( GSM 900 network ) is also possible. The Lintel in addition to its domestic market in Lebanon also shops in Morocco and Saudi Arabia.

Markets

Africell Gambia Ltd..

Geographical coordinates: 13 ° 27 ' 12 " N, 16 ° 40' 51" W13.45325 - 16.680944444444

In Gambia, Africell has over 1.1 million customers and is still before the Gamtel, the mobile subsidiary of the Gambia Telecommunications Company, and Comium Mobile, which have occurred in the market in 2007, the number one Gambian mobile market. Africell launched in 2001 in the Greater Banjul Area and the following year in other parts of the country. In this stage a further nine cities were captured, in a further stage further seven cities were connected. However, the reception is not guaranteed everywhere throughout the country, but the metropolitan areas, especially the Kombo-St. Mary Area are covered.

Africell Gambia has signed roaming agreements with 140 other mobile phone companies. Due to the 120,000 tourists a year who visit the Gambia, Africell receive high yields through the lines of conversations. With Germany Africell has a contract with Telefónica O ₂ Europe.

The company sponsors since 2005, the football team Sait Matty Football Club of Bakau, since they bear the name of Africell also in the team name.

Africell Sierra Leone Ltd..

In Sierra Leone, the distribution on 28 February 2005 was recorded within the first six months were more than 35,000 customers are obtained. In September 2007, Africell already saw nearly 400,000 customers in Sierra Leone.