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In 1997, Orascom Telecom Holding (OTH) was established as a separate entity to consolidate the telecommunications and technology interests of the Orascom group of companies established in 1976. [4] Founded in 1998 as part of the Orascom company, it became the largest cellular operator in the Middle East in only five years.
The company started providing GSM service in 1998. [7] In July 2004, an Egypt-based company, Orascom Telecom, purchased Sheba Telecom and formed Banglalink brand, as sheba telecom failed to tap the business potentials in Bangladesh mainly due to a chronic feud between its Malaysian and Bangladeshi partners. [7]
Then, in June 2007, Orascom further purchased the remaining shares under Saif Group's control to become Jazz's 100% owner. In 2010, Dutch operator VEON agreed to acquire most of the telecom assets of Orascom, including Jazz, in a $6.5 billion deal, creating the world's fifth-largest mobile network operator by subscriber base. [ 5 ]
Wind Telecom S.p.A. (formerly Weather Investments S.p.A.) was an Italian telecommunications holding company owned by the multinational VimpelCom Ltd., originally controlled by Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris. [1] It operated through its subsidiaries Orascom Telecom, Wind Hellas and Wind Telecomunicazioni until December 2017, when it merged ...
The Sawiris family (Coptic: ⲥⲉⲩⲏⲣⲟⲥ) is an Egyptian Coptic Christian [1] family that owns the Orascom conglomerate, spanning telecommunications, construction, tourism, industries and technology.
Company logo until 2017. Under CEO Alexander Izosimov, VimpelCom acquired Orascom Telecom and Wind from Naguib Sawiris in 2011. [20] After a number of acquisitions, as of December 31, 2011, VimpelCom had 205 million customers across 20 countries, [21] and by 2012 it was the 13th largest mobile network operator in the world by number of ...
Alfa (Arabic: ألفا), or Alfa Telecommunications, is a state-owned [1] Lebanese telecom company, founded in 1994, [2] and the only operating GSM networks in Lebanon other than Touch. Previously managed by Orascom TMT , its management had been transferred to the Telecommunications Ministry in 2020.
The Algerian government’s position was that Orascom Telecom had not fulfilled certain regulatory requirements and that the company was not paying its fair share of taxes. These claims were part of a broader pattern of increasing scrutiny and regulation of foreign investments in Algeria, particularly in strategic sectors like telecommunications.