Gabon Telecom

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Gabon Telecom SA
Type Privately held
Founded
Headquarters Libreville, Gabon
Area served Gabon
Industry Telecommunications
Revenue €137,000,000 (2006)
Subsidiaries Libertis

Gabon Telecom SA is the largest telecom company in Gabon. The company manages the country's country code top-level domain, .ga.[1] It operates about 35,000 land lines,[2] and its cellular phone service subsidiary, Libertis, has 200,000 customers.[3] In 2007, Maroc Telecom acquired 51% of the company's shares from the government of Gabon.[4]


[edit] References

  1. ^ .ga - Gabon. Root-Zone Whois Information. Internet Assigned Numbers Authority,. Retrieved on 2007-06-17.
  2. ^ Gabon: Telecom sale delayed. regulateonline.org. World Dialogue on Regulation for Network Economies (2006-10-03). Retrieved on 2007-06-17.
  3. ^ "Gabon Telecom Selects Hughes Network Systems", CellularOnline, 2003-10-08. Retrieved on 2007-06-17. 
  4. ^ "Maroc Telecom: acquisition of a 51% stake in Gabon Telecom SA", Vivendi.com, Vivendi, 2007-02-12. Retrieved on 2007-06-17.