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Golis Telecom Somalia is the largest telecommunication

Telecommunication

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s operator in northeastern Somalia

Somalia

Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...

. Founded in 2002 with the objective of supplying the country with GSM mobile services, fixed line and internet services

Internet service provider

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, it has an extensive network that covers all the major cities and more than 40 districts in both Puntland

Puntland

Puntland , officially the Puntland State of Somalia , is a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998....

and Somaliland

Somaliland

Somaliland is an unrecognised self-declared sovereign state that is internationally recognised as an autonomous region of Somalia. The government of Somaliland regards itself as the successor state to the British Somaliland protectorate, which was independent for a few days in 1960 as the State of...

.
According to The Economist
The Economist
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, Golis offers one of the cheapest international calling rates on the planet: at $0.20 USD, less than anywhere else in the world.

Flashback service

Flashback service is the practice of calling another mobile user while disconnecting before the connected call is answered. It provides a method for mobile users to alert someone that they wish to be called, and is ideal for people who are either unable or unwilling to pay for the call. The method is cost-free for users, but not in terms of network bandwidth

Bandwidth (computing)

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Other services

Golis Mobile also offers other services such as XOGMAAL. XOGMAAL is a service which enables enquiring, email

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ing through the mobile, and searching the largest online encyclopedia

Encyclopedia

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s and dictionaries

Dictionary

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as well as search engine

Search engine

A search engine is an information retrieval system designed to help find information stored on a computer system. The search results are usually presented in a list and are commonly called hits. Search engines help to minimize the time required to find information and the amount of information...

s such as Google

Google

Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...

. It also allows online checking of stock

Stock

The capital stock of a business entity represents the original capital paid into or invested in the business by its founders. It serves as a security for the creditors of a business since it cannot be withdrawn to the detriment of the creditors...

s, currency rate exchange

Exchange rate

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and weather forecasts

Weather forecasting

Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a given location. Human beings have attempted to predict the weather informally for millennia, and formally since the nineteenth century...

, and offers access to news channels like the BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

, Al-Jazeera and CNN

CNN

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, in addition to local Somali media.

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Flashback service

Other services

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