Somali Telecom Group is a telecommunication

Telecommunication

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s company based in Somalia

Somalia

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. It was founded in 1993 in Rockville, Maryland

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, in the USA, by Abdirazak I. Osman, Edmund L. Resor, Abdiaziz Ismail Dualeh and Luis F. George. According to the company

Company

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's website's front page, it is Somalia's "first telecom service provider". STG maintains offices in 10 Somali cities; its head offices are currently located in Dubai

Dubai

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History

After its founding in 1993, STG built telecom service accordingly:

• 1994: Bosasso - (North East Telecom Corporation - Netco)
• 1994: Hargeisa
  Hargeisa
  Hargeisa is a city in the northwestern Woqooyi Galbeed region of Somalia. With a population of approximately 2 million residents, it is the second largest city in the country. Hargeisa is the capital of Somaliland, a self-declared republic that is internationally recognized as an autonomous region...
  
  
• 1997: Galcaio (STG Galcom)
• 1998: Mogadishu
  Mogadishu
  Mogadishu , popularly known as Xamar, is the largest city in Somalia and the nation's capital. Located in the coastal Benadir region on the Indian Ocean, the city has served as an important port for centuries....
  
   - (STG NationLink
  NationLink Telecom
  -Overview:NationLink Telecom was founded in September 1997 by Abdirizak Ido, a Somali Businessman who is currently President of the company based in East Africa. The company is one of the leading telecommunications service providers in Somalia and offers its services throughout the...
  
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• 1999: Burao - (STG Burao)
• 2000: Garowe - (STG Puntel)

Somali Telecom Group has continued to expand and as of 2007, service is available in the following localities:

• Ba'adweyn
• Berbera
  Berbera
  Berbera is a city and seat of Berbera District in Somaliland, a self-proclaimed Independent Republic with de facto control over its own territory, which is recognized by the international community and the Somali Government as a part of Somalia...
  
  
• Bosaso Netco
• Burao
• Burtinle
  Burtinle
  Burtinle is a small town in the Nugaal province of the autonomous Puntland region in northeastern Somalia.-Overview:Burtinle is situated in the Burtinle District of the Nugaal region. It lies between Galkacyo and Garoowe, close to the border with Ethiopia....
  
  
• Erigabo
• Galciao Galcom
• Garowe Puntel
• Goldogob Goltel
• Hargeisa
  Hargeisa
  Hargeisa is a city in the northwestern Woqooyi Galbeed region of Somalia. With a population of approximately 2 million residents, it is the second largest city in the country. Hargeisa is the capital of Somaliland, a self-declared republic that is internationally recognized as an autonomous region...
  
   STC Hargeisa

Operations

STG's services include:

• Telephony
  Telephony
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• Fax
  Fax
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• Mobile phone
  Mobile phone
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• Phone card
• Local and international long distance
• High Speed internet

See also

• Golis Telecom Somalia
  Golis Telecom Somalia
  Golis Telecom Somalia is the largest telecommunications operator in northeastern Somalia. Founded in 2002 with the objective of supplying the country with GSM mobile services, fixed line and internet services, it has an extensive network that covers all the major cities and more than 40 districts...
  
  
• Hormuud Telecom
  Hormuud Telecom
  Hormuud Telecom Somalia Inc. is a privately held telecommunications company established in April 2002 in Somalia. It has its headquarters in Mogadishu.-Overview:More than 600 Somali investors have shares in Hormuud Telecom...
  
  
• Telcom
  Telcom
  Telcom is a telecommunications network operator in Somalia. It is the first major privately-owned company providing telecommunications services to Somali cities.-Overview:...
  
  
• Netco (Somalia)
• NationLink Telecom
  NationLink Telecom
  -Overview:NationLink Telecom was founded in September 1997 by Abdirizak Ido, a Somali Businessman who is currently President of the company based in East Africa. The company is one of the leading telecommunications service providers in Somalia and offers its services throughout the...
  
  
• Somafone
  Somafone
  Somafone Telecommunications Service Company is Somalia's leading telecommunications company. It was formed in 2003 as a fully owned subsidiary of Somafone FZ LLC of the Dubai Internet City. The firm's head offices are located in Mogadishu.-See also:*Golis Telecom Somalia*Hormuud...