Airtel Tanzania

Airtel Tanzania
Company typePublic
IndustryTelecommunications
PredecessorsZain Tanzania
Celtel Tanzania
FoundedJune 8, 2010; 14 years ago (2010-06-08)
HeadquartersAli Hassan Mwinyi Road, north Dar es Salaam, east Tanzania
Area served
Tanzania
ProductsMobile telephony
Broadband
Internet services
ParentAirtel Africa
Websitewww.airtel.co.tz
The Airtel Tanzania Headquarters.

Airtel Tanzania Limited is the third-largest mobile network operator in Tanzania operated by Airtel Africa, which is a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel of India, behind Vodacom Tanzania and Tigo Tanzania. As of September 2017, Airtel Tanzania had 10.6 million voice subscribers.[1] As of December 2017 according to data provided by the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority, Airtel Tanzania controlled 27.1 percent of Tanzania's mobile telephone market by customer numbers, at that time estimated at 10.86 million.[2]

The company is a component of Airtel Africa, the pan African mobile network operator and the largest mobile service provider in Africa outside of South Africa, active in 14 countries on the continent.[1][3]

Airtel Tanzania was the first telecom company to launch General Packet Radio Service/Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (GPRS/EDGE)[4] service in Tanzanian Market on 3 April 2006. Celtel Tanzania has its headquarters in Celtel House, Dar es Salaam. On 1 August 2008, Celtel rebranded all of its African operations under the Zain name.

  1. ^ a b Amrit Raj, and Navadha Pandey (2 November 2018). "Tanzanian government disapproves of Airtel Africa IPO". New Delhi: Livemint.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  2. ^ Tanzaniainvest.com (8 February 2018). "The latest Quarterly Communications Statistics Report by the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) for the period October-December 2017". Dar es Salaam: Tanzaniainvest.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  3. ^ Team VCC (26 November 2018). "Airtel Africa hires JPMorgan, Citi, six other bankers for IPO". New Delhi: VCCircle.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  4. ^ [1] Celtel introduces first GPRS/EDGE service in Tanzania