Emtel
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Emtel Ltd. is an international joint venture between Currimjee Jeewanjee & Co. Ltd. and Millicom
International Cellular SA, a leading operator in mobile and other telephone services and systems worldwide. Emtel Ltd. launched its mobile telephone operations in Mauritius
in May 1989, establishing itself as the first mobile telephone operator in the Southern Hemisphere.
Emtel Ltd. has evolved from a mobile network operator to an innovative supplier of a range of telecommunication services. In November 2004, Emtel Ltd. became the first country in Africa to launch 3G/UMTS services. The company now operates GSM, GPRS, 3G/UMTS as well as 3.5G/HSDPA and WIMAX
networks and offers a range of value-added services supported by state-of-the-art technology and a highly professional team.
Millicom
Millicom International Cellular, also known as Tigo, is a mobile phone network provider in America and Africa. Based in Luxembourg, the company provides mobile services in 14 countries. With operations across Central America, South America, South-east Asia, and Africa, using GSM, CDMA and TDMA on...
International Cellular SA, a leading operator in mobile and other telephone services and systems worldwide. Emtel Ltd. launched its mobile telephone operations in Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
in May 1989, establishing itself as the first mobile telephone operator in the Southern Hemisphere.
Emtel Ltd. has evolved from a mobile network operator to an innovative supplier of a range of telecommunication services. In November 2004, Emtel Ltd. became the first country in Africa to launch 3G/UMTS services. The company now operates GSM, GPRS, 3G/UMTS as well as 3.5G/HSDPA and WIMAX
WiMAX
WiMAX is a communication technology for wirelessly delivering high-speed Internet service to large geographical areas. The 2005 WiMAX revision provided bit rates up to 40 Mbit/s with the 2011 update up to 1 Gbit/s for fixed stations...
networks and offers a range of value-added services supported by state-of-the-art technology and a highly professional team.
Background
Emtel Communications LLC was incorporated in early 2007 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates a fully established company providing all telecommunication, information technology solutions, Automation & Control Systems and system integration services to its prestigious customers in the Middle East region, Syria, Congo, Uganda, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh.Milestones
Milestones set by Emtel have thus paved the last decade to bring telecommunications in Mauritius to new heights:- 1989 Emtel is the first cellular operator in the Southern hemisphere.
- 1995 Emtel was one of the founders of Bharti Cellular Ltd with the first Indian GSM network in New DelhiNew DelhiNew Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
- 1996 Introduction of International Roaming in Mauritius
- 1998 Emtel Ltd was the first company to introduce prepaid system for its customers hence booming the cellular market and creating massive accessibility to mobile communication.
- 1999 Emtel introduces new modes of communications with SMS, mobile email and 6-party conferencing.
- 2000 Emtel Ltd was the first to introduce the Short Message Service (SMS), which in the following years will revolutionize mobile communication.
- 2002 2002 has been marked by the introduction of SMS based information provision and the launch of the first mobile internet portal in Mauritius bringing interaction between web and cellular phone.
- 2003 Emtel Ltd integrated music and mobile telephony. The service, JukeBox 135, allows the Emtel subscriber to listen and dedicate songs to any other telephone number. The Company Also launched the roaming facility to its Prepaid Customers on that same year.
- 2004 Emtel brings a new way of communicating to Mauritius through Multimedia Messaging: MMSMultimedia Messaging ServiceMultimedia Messaging Service, or MMS, is a standard way to send messages that include multimedia content to and from mobile phones. It extends the core SMS capability that allowed exchange of text messages only up to 160 characters in length.The most popular use is to send photographs from...
. During the following months, Emtel Launched the first 3G3G3G or 3rd generation mobile telecommunications is a generation of standards for mobile phones and mobile telecommunication services fulfilling the International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 specifications by the International Telecommunication Union...
network in Africa which enabled new services like Video Call, and Video Surveillance where the customer could remotely monitor his house through a webcam connected to the internet on his mobile phone. - 2005 Emtel Launches Caller Tunes, which allows customers to personalize their Caller Tone.
- 2006 Emtel Networks extends to Rodrigues outer-island. Emtel TV is launched comprising 10 TV channels
- 2007 Emtel Ltd launches WIMAXWiMAXWiMAX is a communication technology for wirelessly delivering high-speed Internet service to large geographical areas. The 2005 WiMAX revision provided bit rates up to 40 Mbit/s with the 2011 update up to 1 Gbit/s for fixed stations...
(Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access).WIMAXWiMAXWiMAX is a communication technology for wirelessly delivering high-speed Internet service to large geographical areas. The 2005 WiMAX revision provided bit rates up to 40 Mbit/s with the 2011 update up to 1 Gbit/s for fixed stations...
is a telecommunications technology aimed at providing wireless data over long distances. The company is the first to introduce HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) on the local market. It offers 3.5G services, which allows networks to have higher data transfer speeds and capacity wherever they are thanks to the Emtel USB Modem (Huawei E220Huawei E220The Huawei E220 is a Huawei HSDPA access device manufactured by Huawei and notable for using the USB interface .Technically it is a modem, USB and virtual CD-ROM device....
) With 1.8 Mbit/s maximum downlink speed. - 2008 Emtel Ltd launches Gift and Collect SMS. A new innovation that allows the user to send SMS even when he is short of mobile credits