Mascom
{{Short description|Telecommunication company in Botswana}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox company
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| logo = Mascom_logo.png
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| image = Head-quaters, Tsholetsa house, Gaborone, Botswana 8.jpg
| type = Private
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| founded = {{Start date and age|df=y|1998|02|17}}
| founder = Strive Masiyiwa
| hq_location_city = Gaborone
| hq_location_country = Botswana
| area_served = Botswana
| key_people = {{Unbulleted list|Dzene Makhwade-Seboni (CEO)|Tobokani Rari (chairman)|Lilly Sullivan (CIO)}}
| products = {{Plainlist|
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| owner = {{Unbulleted list|Botswana Public Officers Pensions Fund (60%)|Econet Wireless (40%)}}
| website = {{URL|mascom.bw}}
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Mascom Wireless Proprietary Limited, is a Botswana mobile telecommunications company. Its head office is in Gaborone.{{Cite web|last=MGUNI|first=MBONGENI|title=Mmegi Online :: Intrigues build in Mascom takeover|url=http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?aid=80081&dir=2019/march/15|access-date=2021-02-08|website=Mmegi Online}} It was established in Gaborone, Botswana on February 17, 1998.{{Cite web|title=About Mascom Wirelesss – Mascom {{!}} Number 1 Because of you|url=https://www.mascom.bw/about-mascom-wirelesss/|access-date=2021-02-08|language=en-US}}
History
The company was first licensed on 17 February 1998.[http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/membership/portal/index.asp?Name=20079, Mascom Wireless Botswana (Pty) Ltd.]{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, International Telecommunications Union, retrieved 5 July 2014[http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=11901230 Company Overview of Mascom Wireless Botswana (Proprietary) Limited], Bloomberg Businessweek, retrieved 5 July 2014 It was founded by Strive Masiyiwa.{{Cite web|last=Nsehe|first=Mfonobong|title=Zimbabwe's Richest Man Strive Masiyiwa To Take Botswana Mobile Operator, Mascom, Public|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mfonobongnsehe/2019/04/28/zimbabwes-richest-man-strive-masiyiwa-to-take-botswana-mobile-operator-mascom-public/|access-date=2020-08-18|website=Forbes|language=en}}
Until 2003, Portugal Telecom owned a controlling stake in the company.{{cite web|last1=Gabotlale|first1=Bester|title=Botswana: Over 60 Percent of Mascom Now Citizen Owned|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200409080750.html|website=All Africa|accessdate=5 July 2014}}{{cite web|title=Sale of PT’S Stake in Mascom|url=http://www.telecom.pt/InternetResource/PTSite/UK/Canais/Investidores/Pressrel/Noticias/arquivo/com07072003b.htm|website=telecom.pt|accessdate=5 July 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140707105529/http://www.telecom.pt/InternetResource/PTSite/UK/Canais/Investidores/Pressrel/Noticias/arquivo/com07072003b.htm|archivedate=7 July 2014}} In 2005, MTN Group purchased a 44% stake in Mascom for $128 million.{{Cite web|last=Chirara|first=Roadwin|date=2005-10-27|title=MTN acquires major stake in Mascom|url=https://www.thestandard.co.zw/2005/10/28/mtn-acquires-major-stake-in-mascom/|access-date=2020-07-23|website=The Standard|language=en-US}}
In 2016, Dzene Makhwade-Seboni was appointed Chief Operations Officer and became CEO of the company in 2019.{{Cite web|last=Prikhodko|first=Anastasia|date=2020-05-07|title=Dzene Makhwade-Seboni, CEO of Mascom Wireless|url=https://www.theceomagazine.com/executive-interviews/telecommunications/dzene-makhwade-seboni/|access-date=2020-07-23|website=The CEO Magazine|language=en-US}}
It provides the widest coverage in Botswana, reaching over 95% of the population.{{Cite web|title=About Mascom Wirelesss – Mascom {{!}} Number 1 Because of you|url=https://www.mascom.bw/about-mascom-wirelesss/|access-date=2020-05-25|language=en-US}}
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). On 25 February 2022, Mascom has been the first mobile telecommunication to introduce 5G on four different places around Gaborone.{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}
= Gallery of the WTISD 2017 Masunga, North East District =
File:Mascom Wireless Stall.jpg|Mascom Wireless Stall at the World telecommunications and information society day 2017 (WTISD 2017)
See also
{{Portal|Companies|Telecommunication}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.mascom.bw}}
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Category:Telecommunications companies of Botswana
Category:Telecommunications companies established in 1998
Category:Internet service providers of Botswana
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