Djezzy GSM
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Djezzy GSM, a branch of the Algeria
-based Orascom Telecom, is Algeria
's principal mobile network operator
, with a market share of 65% (over 14 million subscribers as of May 2008) and a network covering 84% of the population (48 wilayas.) It acquired the country's second GSM license in July 2001, with a bid of $737 million, and was officially launched on February 15, 2002. It has two competitors: the government-owned Algeria Mobile Network and Wataniya.
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
-based Orascom Telecom, is Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
's principal mobile network operator
Mobile network operator
A mobile network operator , also known as mobile phone operator , carrier service provider , wireless service provider, wireless carrier, or cellular company, or mobile network carrier is a telephone company that provides services for mobile phone subscribers.One essential...
, with a market share of 65% (over 14 million subscribers as of May 2008) and a network covering 84% of the population (48 wilayas.) It acquired the country's second GSM license in July 2001, with a bid of $737 million, and was officially launched on February 15, 2002. It has two competitors: the government-owned Algeria Mobile Network and Wataniya.