MASCOM

MASCOM wireless is a mobile phone service provider operating in Botswana. The company was first licensed on 17 February 1998.[1][2] Until 2003, Portugal Telecom owned a controlling stake in the company.[3][4] it has established a formidable history and brand that is well-known and recognized throughout the country. Providing the widest coverage in Botswana which reaches over 95% of the population.[5]


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

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)

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. "About Mascom Wirelesss – Mascom | Number 1 Because of you". Retrieved 2020-05-25.
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