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	Celtel Gabon - Accueil
		Celtel a imaginé des solutions pensées et conçues pour vous.
		Vous êtes un particulier et vous souhaitez vous abonnez au réseau Celtel.
		Celtel Entreprises garantit aux dirigeants une maîtrise de leur budget et une gestion souple et simplifiée.
	www.ga.celtel.com /fr (157 words)

	Boston.com / Business / Celtel says it has agreed to co. offer (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Celtel says it has agreed to co. offer
		Under the terms of the deal, MTC will acquire 85 percent of the issued capital of Celtel immediately for $2.84 billion (2.15 billion euros), and the remaining 15 percent within two years of the closing date of the deal for $520 million (393.94 million euros).
		Celtel will remain as a separate entity within the MTC group, retaining its existing management structures and continuing to operate under its brand name.
	www.boston.com /business/articles/2005/03/29/celtel_says_it_has_agreed_to_co_offer (398 words)

	Celtel Tanzania - About us
		Celtel Tanzania Ltd, is part of the Pan African Celtel Group which has a presence in 13 African countries.
		Celtel Tanzania Ltd was launched in November 2001 and was the fifth entrant into the highly competitive cellular market in Tanzania.
		Celtel has been at the forefront of providing telecommunications access to rural areas which in the past did not have access to such services.
	www.tz.celtel.com /en/about-us (211 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| A mobile vision for Africa
		As chairman of Celtel, Dr Mohamed Ibrahim is at the helm of a pan-African firm with operations in 14 countries.
		Celtel's predominately prepay mobile service is the most popular option for customers in Africa, who, the company says, spend on average around $25 per month.
		Celtel has plans to continue its expansion across Africa, although Dr Ibrahim says there are some countries "with no respect for law or ownership" where his company would not operate.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/3854495.stm (1022 words)

	Actis: Case study: Celtel
		Celtel saw an opportunity to develop a pan-African mobile network pending the deregulation of the telecommunications sector in Africa.
		Celtel was seeking capital to acquire mobile operator licenses across sub-Saharan Africa, and to set-up and launch mobile network services.
		Celtel has outperformed all expectations, growing revenue in excess of 115% per annum, establishing the company as the largest African mobile operator outside South Africa.
	www.act.is /portfolio/case_celtel.asp (642 words)

	Celtel International Fiscal Year Net Profit $147 Million Vs $73 Million
		Celtel said revenues were up by 62% to U.S. $614 million on a consolidated basis, due to to strong organic growth of the customer base and the major acquisition in Kenya.
		Celtel is focused on embracing the multicultural diversity of Africa, both in urban and rural environments.
		Celtel launched pre-paid roaming between the DRC and the Republic of Congo.
	www.a2zsms.com /celtel-international-fiscal-year-net-profit-147-million-vs-73-million.html (849 words)

	Telegraph \| Money \| Celtel prepares for £1bn London listing (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Celtel, the pan-African mobile phone network operator, is to float for about $2bn (£1.1bn) on the London Stock Exchange early next year.
		Hannam, one of the best-known bankers in the City, provided substantial debt facilities for Celtel last year and was known to be keen to secure a role as the company's adviser on the float.
		The loss of Celtel's business to Goldman Sachs comes at a critical time for Hannam, as he continues to lead joint venture talks between JP Morgan Chase and Cazenove.
	www.money.telegraph.co.uk /money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2004/09/26/cncel26.xml&menuId=242&sSheet=/money/2004/09/26/ixfrontcity.html (475 words)

	Bloomberg.com: News & Commentary (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Since 2000, four of the 13 countries Celtel serves have been wracked by civil war and all are in the bottom half of the rankings compiled by Berlin-based Transparency International, a non-government group that fights corruption.
		Celtel's sales rose 47 percent to $296.5 million in the first half of 2004, and Ibrahim says the company can double its clients each year for at least five years because just 2.8 percent of the people in its region have mobile phones.
		Celtel is run from offices on the outskirts of Amsterdam, where Marten Pieters, a former manager at Dutch phone company Royal KPN NV, has been chief executive since 2003.
	quote.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=nifea&&sid=aRav.N6ETOA8 (1573 words)

	Celtel celebrates five years in Sierra Leone (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Gbane, in his welcoming statement to members of the Fourth Estate, stated that Celtel as a corporate entity is determined to provide opportunities for the people of this country to talk, to express their views anywhere, anytime around the world.
		Bernad Sisay said that Celtel as a corporate entity is committed to the encouragement of its customers by providing them reliable service and also giving them the opportunity to express their views with regards the impact Celtel is making in making life better for them.
		He indicated that Celtel is an example of a success story for our politicians in building the good image of Sierra Leone which the SLPP government must take credit for.
	news.sl /drwebsite/publish/printer_2005467.shtml (473 words)

	allAfrica.com: Celtel Hosts Youssou Ndour For The Show Of The Year In Burkina
		Under that philosophy, all Celtel's branches are urged to contribute to making life better for the local populations of the various African countries in which Celtel operates a telecommunications licence.
		Furthermore, he posited, Celtel International intends to clearly assert its "determination to remain close to the African populations" with whom it is working in partnership, in the titanic enterprise consisting in building a pan-African telecommunications company.
		Celtel's support to local communities throughout Africa, notably in the cultural, education and health sectors, constitutes the cornerstone of its social action.
	allafrica.com /stories/200509160001.html (877 words)

	Celtel Zambia - Get connected - Business promotion
		Celtel thus announces a promotion that will give an incentive to its corporate clients whose support is highly valued.
		Celtel Zambia is an innovative mobile phone service provider that is always giving the best services to its clients, in appreciation of their support.
		This is an incentive Celtel would like to give to its corporate clientele in recognition of their invaluable support over the years, and the support it anticipates to have from would-be clients.
	www.zm.celtel.com /en/get-connected/business-promotion (633 words)

	Celtel Kenya - Home
		Celtel gives you a choice of plans and services based on your business preferences and mobile requirements.
		Celtel has a plan that suits you and your lifestyle.
		Celtel in Kenya is a great success story.
	www.ke.celtel.com /en (161 words)

	NMS - NMS Communications Helps Celtel Maintain Its Rapid Growth, Bringing the Power of Mobile Communications to Africa (Site not responding. Last check: )
		At the same time, Celtel is able to bring the power of mobile communications to tens of thousands who would otherwise have had to wait for service.
		Celtel needed a highly reliable solution that would work with its existing infrastructure and allow it to grow without increasing operating expenses.
		Celtel is an African success story, beginning mobile phone operations in 1998, and since then has built networks in 13 African countries, under licenses that cover more than a third of the population of Africa.
	www.nmscommunications.com /News/PR/Items/NMSCommunicationsHelpsCeltelMaintainItsRapidGrowthBringingthePowerofMobileCommunicationstoAfrica.htm (808 words)

	Bessemer Venture Partners - News & Events (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Celtel will operate as a separate legal entity within the MTC Group and the existing management would "continue to execute their ambitious growth plans for the business", MTC said.
		Celtel, which doubled net profits to $147 million on strong revenues last year, had been planning a stockmarket listing in London and possibly Johannesburg in the first half of the year.
		Celtel is owned by investors including Anglo-Sudanese businessman Mohamed Ibrahim -- who will stay on as a director -- the Africa Infrastructure Fund and U.S. venture capital firms.
	www.bvp.com /news/pr.asp?id=724 (862 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| Progress on Tanzania telecom sale
		Celtel this week agreed to pay an additional $5m to finalise its purchase of a 35% stake in Tanzania Telecom.
		The dispute was resolved after Celtel - partly owned by General Electric and Citigroup - and the Tanzanian government called in auditors KPMG to scrutinise Tanzania Telecom's 2000 accounts.
		Celtel confirmed that the deal had cleared the way for major improvements to Tanzania's telecoms infrastructure.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/3517399.stm (359 words)

	Celtel - Let's talk about international roaming (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Celtel subscriber receiving the call abroad pays for the international link from Zambia to the country in which he or she is travelling.
		To call a Celtel mobile phone that is roaming in the same foreign country as you.
		You will be charged for the link from Celtel to the country in which you are travelling.
	www.zamnet.zm /celtel_roaming.shtml (837 words)

	International Finance Corporation - Projects
		Celtel’s main shareholder is the Ibrahim Family and Trust (21.7%), represented by Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim, the founder and chairman of the company.
		Celtel’s main shareholder is the Ibrahim Family and Trust (21.7% on a fully diluted basis), represented by Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim, the founder and chairman of the company.
		Celtel has obtained approval for the ESMAP from most of its local Boards of Directors, completed the process of hiring a dedicated Environmental Officer for more than half of its operations, and is embarking on an environmental and social training program in each of its operations.
	www.ifc.org /IFCExt/spiwebsite1.nsf/0/28354dcd3d1f119685256f40006c9561?OpenDocument (825 words)

	allAfrica.com: MSI Cellular Adopts Celtel Name At Group Level And Relaunches Celtel Brand
		Celtel operates in Burkina Faso, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Niger, the Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.
		Celtel is a major shareholder in mobile network operator, Mobitel (Sudan), and was a founding shareholder and minority partner in Vodafone Egypt.
		Celtel has been a lead investor across Africa as governments and regulators have liberalised their respective telecommunications industries.
	allafrica.com /stories/200401260112.html (772 words)

	Celtel - Sitemap
		Nov 07 - Africa abolishes roaming as Celtel's One Network expands
		Oct 07 - Celtel to acquire majority stake in Westel in Ghana
		Sep 07 - Dr. Mo Ibrahim resigns as Chairman from Celtel Board
	www.vmobile-nigeria.com /mobile/en/sitemap (112 words)

	Celtel Kenya - News - Concours d’ Elegance
		Celtel Kenya Ltd will this year sponsor the 35th series of Concours d’ Elegance organised by the Alfa Romeo Owners Club to a tune of 4.5 millions shillings.
		This year’s event dubbed Celtel Kenya Concours d’ Elegance will be held on September 25th 2005 at the Ngong Race course.
		Announcing the sponsorship, Gerhard May Chief Executive Officer Celtel Kenya, said, “The sponsorship of this event is in line with our mission of ‘making life better’ for Kenyans.
	www.ke.celtel.com /en/about-us/news/press-release2 (303 words)

	M2 Presswire: Celtel launches pre-paid roaming across the Congo River.@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Celtel launches pre-paid roaming across the Congo River.
		Celtel International, the pan-African mobile communications group with over four million managed customers in 13 countries, has launched pre-paid roaming in the Democratic Republic of and Republic of Congo.
		Celtel is one of the first operators in Africa to set up pre-paid roaming so that customers can `top-up` their accounts in the neighbouring country without pre-arranging the roaming service from their home...
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:125650529&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (203 words)

	KenCell changes name to Celtel Kenya Limited
		Mr Marten Pieters, chief executive of Celtel international said the launch of Celtel in Kenya had elevated the group as East Africa’s first mobile telecommunications platform.
		Celtel Kenya whose formation is a culmination of the successful bid for the controlling stake in KenCell in May this year also unveiled a new set of tariffs and tariff classifications for various classes of clientele.
		Celtel 40 subscribers whose charges would vary depending on the time a call is made would pay Sh179.27 per minute for international calls.
	www.eastandard.net /archives/cl/print/news.php?articleid=4695 (372 words)

	allAfrica.com: Celtel Acquires Vivendi's Stake In Kencell - A Leading Mobile Operator In Kenya
		Celtel is investing US$250 million to acquire the majority stake in KenCell, formerly owned by Vivendi Telecom International, in one of Kenya's largest-ever corporate transactions.
		* Celtel is funding the acquisition with a combination of new equity from existing and new shareholders, funds raised from asset disposals and debt.
		The support we have had from our shareholders and lenders is a testament to Celtel's reputation for developing quality networks and delivering strong subscriber growth in the African markets.
	allafrica.com /stories/200405281031.html (596 words)

	Celtel buys up its 13th operator: CommsUpdate : TeleGeography Research
		Celtel now holds 60% of the cellco, whilst Sameer retains the remainder.
		The purchase lifts Celtel’s total subscriber base by 40% to more than four million, whilst taking its number of operators in Africa to 13, making it a serious rival to regional powerhouses MTN and Vodacom.
		A Celtel spokesperson said that there have been discussions to float the company on the stock market, though it is likely to seek one more acquisition in west Africa before this takes place.
	www.telegeography.com /cu/article.php?article_id=3766 (170 words)

	Celtel Sierra Leone - About Us - News
		The peak of the 5th anniversary celebrations was finally reached by a mega music concert organized by Celtel at the National Stadium in Freetown.
		Celtel in Sierra Leone is celebrating five years of excellence 2000 – 2005.
		Celtel formally launched its network in the town of Kamakwei, Bombali District.
	www.sl.celtel.com /en/about-us/news (281 words)

	MTC-Vodafone to buy pan-African operator Celtel: CommsUpdate : TeleGeography Research
		Celtel CEO Marten Pieters confirmed that a number of parties had approached the company following an announcement last September that it was planning to list on the London Stock Exchange.
		Celtel was founded in 1998 by Anglo-Sudanese businessman Mohamed Ibrahim, former technical director of BT Cellnet (now O2).
		The acquisition of Celtel provides huge growth potential for MTC: cellular penetration is much lower in countries in Africa than it is in the Middle East; in ten of Celtel’s 13 countries of operation penetration is less than 5%.
	www.telegeography.com /cu/article.php?article_id=6509 (345 words)

	Celtel Sierra Leone - Home
		Celtel's reliable mobile services offer you superb value.
		Celtel in Sierra Leone is committed to making life better for all Sierra Leoneans.
		Celtel has invested millions of dollars in the provision of world-class telecommunications infrastructure in Sierra Leone, demonstrating our commitment to the people of our country.
	www.sl.celtel.com /en (132 words)

	Job cuts finally approved at Celtel: CommsUpdate : TeleGeography Research
		Celtel Tanzania is going ahead with drastic job cuts in the wake of its split from former parent company, fixed line incumbent TTCL.
		Celtel says it plans to axe more than 1,200 of its 3,500-strong workforce, with redundancy payments being met by TTCL.
		Celtel, which separated from TTCL four month ago, serves almost a quarter of the Tanzanian mobile market, with around 560,000 subscribers, while market leader Vodacom has 1.38 million customers on its network.
	www.telegeography.com /cu/article.php?article_id=9738 (147 words)

	Actis: Actis to sell stake in African Teleco Celtel
		Celtel, which manages 13 mobile and 1 fixed line telecoms operations in 13 countries, is to be acquired for an enterprise value of US$3.4 billion.
		Actis, formerly part of CDC, which backed Celtel as a start-up in 1998 and subsequently contributed to three further rounds of funding, has a 9.3% stake in the company.
		Celtel, formerly known as MSI Cellular Investments, initially saw an opportunity to develop a pan-African mobile network pending deregulation of the African telecommunications sector.
	www.act.is /press/releases/pr_celtel_africa.asp (584 words)

	Celtel and TTCL go separate ways
		Celtel spin off from TTCL allows the former subsidiary to immediately access a $25 million loan, which had been arranged by Celtel International.
		Celtel will concentrate on her core business of cellular telephony while TTCL is expected to focus on providing strong telecommunications backbone infrastructure and broadband data solutions.
		Celtel International is a premier mobile company, which operates in 13 African states in the sub-Saharan region.
	www.ippmedia.com /ipp/guardian/2005/08/20/47525.html (438 words)

	Giddy: Case study of Celtel
		Celtel's Anglo-Sudanese founder and chairman, Mo Ibrahim, was keen on getting the highest possible price for his 21% stake.
		Celtel reported that revenues were up by 62% to U.S. $614 million on a consolidated basis, due to to strong organic growth of the customer base and the major acquisition in Kenya.
		Celtel had a reputation for being well run: it was profitable and had a presence in 13 countries, but money was always tight and Celtel's plans for African dominance had been relatively easy to dismiss.
	pages.stern.nyu.edu /~igiddy/cases/mtc-celtel.htm (1164 words)

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