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Smile Communications Tanzania

Smile Tanzania
Company typePrivate
IndustryTelecommunications
Founded28 July 2009
HeadquartersRegent Business Park,
Mikocheni, Dar es salaam
,
Tanzania
Key people
Fiona McGloin
(Country Manager)
Services
ParentSmile Telecoms Holdings Limited
WebsiteCompany website

Smile Communication Tanzania Ltd (Smile TZ) is a telecommunications network company in Tanzania. It was registered in July 2009 and began commercial operations in May 2013.[1] The company is a subsidiary of Smile Telecoms Holdings, a South African telecommunications conglomerate, whose subsidiaries include: (a) Smile Telecom (Nigeria) (b) Smile Telecom (Tanzania) (c) Smile Telecom (South Africa) and (d) Smile Telecom (Uganda).[2] Smile's first country of operation in Africa was in Tanzania. Smile Tanzania was the first company to launch commercial 4G LTE services in Tanzania and began its operations in the city of Dar es Salaam.

Products and services

Currently Smile Tanzania is solely a data provider making plans to enter into the Voice and Wireless service in leu of its spotting as a reserved bidder in the purchase of 9mobile. However, in November 2015 Smile launched the first Voice of LTE service in East Africa in Partnership with Alcatel-Lucent.[2]

According to statistic report by Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority in June 2023 Smile Tanzania had 13,840 subscribers.[3]

Area of operation

Smile Communications Tanzania is located in Tanzania
Mwanza
Mwanza
Moshi
Moshi
Mbeya
Mbeya
Dodoma
Dodoma
Morogoro
Morogoro
Dar-es-Salaam
Dar-es-Salaam
Arusha
Arusha
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Smile Tanzania Area of Operation.[4]

Smile Tanzania began its operations in Dar es Salaam and Arusha. However, the company expanded its network after the company had raised US$365 million in debt and equity financing to extend broadband services. The operates in the following cities:[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "TCRA Network Services Licences". Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authority. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  2. ^ a b Jackson, Tom (23 November 2015). "Smile Telecom launches VoLTE". IT Web Africa. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  3. ^ "TANZANIA COMMUNICATIONS REGULATORY AUTHORY - COMMUNICATION STATISTICS: Quarter ending 30th June 2023" (PDF). 2023.
  4. ^ Magomba, Leonard (3 October 2015). "Smile set on Tanzania 4G expansion". East African Business Week. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  5. ^ Ouma, Michael (7 October 2015). "Tanzania: Smile Expands 4G LTE Network, Services in 7 Cities in Tanzania". AllAfrica. CIO East Africa (Nairobi). Retrieved 20 December 2015.
Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smile_Communications_Tanzania