Gabon Telecom

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|type = Privately held

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|location = Libreville, Gabon

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|area_served = Gabon

|industry = Telecommunications

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|parent = Maroc Telecom (since 2007)

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|subsid = Libertis, Mobi Cash

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Gabon Telecom SA is the largest telecom company in Gabon. The company manages the country's ccTLD, .ga.{{cite web |url= https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/ga.html|title= .ga - Gabon|access-date=2007-06-17 |work= Root-Zone Whois Information|publisher=Internet Assigned Numbers Authority}} It operates about 35,000 land lines,{{cite web |url= http://www.regulateonline.org/content/view/834/79/|title=Gabon: Telecom sale delayed |access-date=2007-06-17|date=2006-10-03 |work= regulateonline.org|publisher=World Dialogue on Regulation for Network Economies}} and its cellular phone service subsidiary, Libertis, has 200,000 customers.{{cite news|url= http://www.cellular.co.za/news_2003/100503-gabon_telecom_selects_hughes_net.htm|title= Gabon Telecom Selects Hughes Network Systems|access-date= 2007-06-17|date= 2003-10-08|work= CellularOnline|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184554/http://www.cellular.co.za/news_2003/100503-gabon_telecom_selects_hughes_net.htm|archive-date= 2016-03-03|url-status= dead}} In 2007, Maroc Telecom acquired 51% of the company from the government of Gabon.{{cite news|title=Maroc Telecom: acquisition of a 51% stake in Gabon Telecom SA |url=http://www.vivendi.com/ir/en/press_2007/20070212_Maroc_Telecom_acquisition_of_a_51_stake_in_Gabon_Telecom_SA.php |work=Vivendi.com |publisher=Vivendi |date=2007-02-12 |access-date=2007-06-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928055415/http://www.vivendi.com/ir/en/press_2007/20070212_Maroc_Telecom_acquisition_of_a_51_stake_in_Gabon_Telecom_SA.php |archive-date=2007-09-28 |url-status=dead }} In June 2018, Gabon Telecom launched APS solutions to protect 400,000 IP addresses.{{Cite news|url=https://www.ticmag.net/cybersecurite-gabon-telecom-lance-aps-solution-contre-piratage-informatique/|title=Cybersécurité : Gabon Telecom lance APS, sa solution contre le piratage informatique - TIC Mag|date=2018-06-27|work=TIC Mag|access-date=2018-08-30|language=fr-FR}}

History

Gabon Telecom SA is the national historic telecommunications operator of Gabon. It was established in 2001 following the division of the Postal and Telecommunications Office, as stipulated by Act No. 004/2001 of 27 June 2001, which reorganized the postal and telecommunications sector.{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.moov-africa.ga//en/About-us/Pages/About-us.aspx |website=Moov Africa – Gabon Telecom |access-date=2025-01-15 }}

In March 1999, Gabon Telecom launched Libertis, its mobile brand. Following an international tender in February 2007, the Gabonese state sold 51% of the company’s shares to Maroc Telecom.{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.moov-africa.ga//en/About-us/Pages/About-us.aspx |website=Moov Africa – Gabon Telecom |access-date=2025-01-15 }} In December 2010, the agreements signed between Morocco Telecom and the Gabonese state in 2008 were finalized.{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.moov-africa.ga//en/About-us/Pages/About-us.aspx |website=Moov Africa – Gabon Telecom |access-date=2025-01-15 }}

In December 2011, Gabon Telecom merged with its subsidiary Mobile Libertis, and in July 2016, it further merged with Atlantic Telecom Gabon (MOOV), a subsidiary of the Etisalat Group. This pooling of resources was completed by the end of 2016.{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.moov-africa.ga//en/About-us/Pages/About-us.aspx |website=Moov Africa – Gabon Telecom |access-date=2025-01-15 }}

Operations

Gabon Telecom provides a wide range of services, including fixed telephony (voice and data), mobile telephony, and broadband internet. It remains the only fixed telephony operator in Gabon and operates mobile services under the Libertis and Moov brands. These mobile services include prepaid, postpaid, voice, data services, and international roaming.{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.moov-africa.ga//en/About-us/Pages/About-us.aspx |website=Moov Africa – Gabon Telecom |access-date=2025-01-15 }}

The company also offers broadband internet access through its wired network, particularly ADSL, and benefits from access to the SAT-3 submarine cable to meet international bandwidth needs. This enables Gabon Telecom to provide international internet and voice services to other telecom operators.{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.moov-africa.ga//en/About-us/Pages/About-us.aspx |website=Moov Africa – Gabon Telecom |access-date=2025-01-15 }}

References

Category:Telecommunications companies of Gabon

Category:Companies based in Libreville

Category:Maroc Telecom