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Hargeysa, Somaliland, April 28, 2012 (SL Times) – The telecommunications
company SOMTEL has reduced its international phone calls rates to the
lowest level ever. The company took this decision when the management of
the company realized that the situation of the community required such a
step.
The head of sales and marketing, Abdinasir Haji Suleiman Abdi, spoke to
the press at the company's headquarters in Hargeysa. In his press
conference, Mr Abdinasir Haji Suleiman Abdi was accompanied by the
Deputy Manager of Sales and Marketing, Ahmed Nuh Saeed, the head of
community relations, Abdinasir Awad Muuse, local as well as foreign
engineers. Mr Abdinasir Haji Suleiman Abdi said, "on behalf of SOMTEL, I
announce to you that today (April 21, 2012) we have made the largest
reduction in prices of phone calls, especially international calls. No
other company has made similar reductions in prices."
The head of sales and marketing explained that international phone calls
used to cost a dollar for every 12 minutes during the hours 6 am to 6
pm, it is now one dollar for every 20 minutes any time, day or night,
for both mobile and line phones for the following countries: Australia,
Spain, Italy, France,, Norway, UK, Finland, Portugal, Ireland, Belgium,
Turkey, Russia, South Africa, Kenya, Egypt, Pakistan, Germany, New
eland, Denmark, Netherland and Sweden.
Similarly, the cost of phone calls was reduced to one dollar for every
20 minutes for both mobile and line calls to the following countries:
USA, China, Malaysia and Thailand.
SOMTEL is part of Dahabshil Company. It was formed in March 2010 and
during its two year existence it has made excellent progress and brought
to the country technologies and services that were very much appreciated
by Somali-speaking public. Among these services and technologies are SMS
and MMS (for messages), GPRS/EDGE modem for the program
ila-soo-hadal(VoIP) that is attached to hand phones, sound and sight 3G
video call which SOMTEL was the first to introduce to the area,
especially Somaliland.
SOMTEL also provides high quality internet service at the level of those
found in Europe and the United States. SOMTEL is the first company to
bring to the country the EDGE Modem which allows for getting wireless
internet which has made it indispensable for internet users. As an
example of the advances that SOMTEL has introduced, we can look at the
fact that it has made it possible to broadcasts TV programs which can be
seen live around the world. Some of the unforgettable events that SOMTEL
was able to transmit live are the 18 May celebration, the celebration
organized by the Somaliland Diaspora Agency, the debate at the
University of Hargeysa in the same year (2011), as well as the regional
games at Buro's ALAMZEY stadium where SOMTEL was able to transmit the
games to 4 TVs and Radio Hargeysa so that their viewers could watch the
games live.
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