Smile Communications Tanzania

Smile Communications Tanzania
Private
Industry Telecommunications
Founded 28 July 2009
Headquarters Regent Business Park, Mikocheni, Dar es salaam
Key people
 Fiona McGloin
(Country Manager)
Services
Parent Smile Telecoms Holdings Limited
Website Homepage

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 and does not plan to enter into the Voice and Wireless service. However, in November 2015 Smile launched the first Voice of LTE service in East Africa in Partnership with Alcatel-Lucent.[2]

Area of operation

Mwanza
Moshi
Mbeya
Dodoma
Morogoro
Dar-es-Salaam
Arusha
Smile Tanzania Area of Operation.[3]

Currently Smile Tanzania operates only in the cities of Dar es Salaam and Arusha. However, the company has shown interest in expanding the network after the company had raised US$365 million in debt and equity financing to extend broadband services. The company plans to expand in the following cities in order:[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "TCRA Network Services Licences". Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authority. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 Jackson, Tom (23 November 2015). "Smile Telecom launches VoLTE". IT Web Africa. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Magomba, Leonard (3 October 2015). "Smile set on Tanzania 4G expansion". East African Business Week. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  4. ↑ 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.
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