Somtel (, ) is a telecommunications company headquartered in Hargeisa, Somaliland.
Regions
Somtel provides services in both Somaliland and Somalia
Background
Somtel provides mobile voice and data services to customers, including Mobile Money Service. It is a 3G and 4G services provider in Somalia's network.
Somtel is largely owned by Dahabshiil but is officially registered in the British Virgin Islands.
Services
Free charge services
Subscription services
Internet service
Cloud
Mobile Wallet
Partnerships
O3b
In November 2013, O3b Networks, Ltd. announced an agreement to provide high-speed, low-latency capacity to Somtel. The pact is expected to improve the firm's networks and reliability.
Since 2012, Somtel has partnered with Google in e-mail services.
Frequency Band
Somtel operates on GSM and 4G LTE networks. 3G 2100, 2G 1800, 900 and LTE 800MHz 20 FDD.