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Baada ya kampuni ya simu ya Zantel kuendelea kupata hasara mfululizo, kampuni ya Etisalat inayomiliki asilimia 65 ya hisa za zantel imeamua kuuza hizo ili kujiondoa kwenye soko la simu hapa nchini.
Zantel ambayo licha ya kupanua wigo wa mtandao wao tanzania bara lakini imekosa mvuto kwa wateja wa tanzania bara. Kampuni kubwa za vodacom na tigo zinashindana ili ziweze kumiliki mtandao huo wa Zantel.
Hali kama hiyo iliikuta kampuni ya Yu Kenya ambayo pia illiingia hasara mfululizo mpaka iliponunuliwa na Safaricom na Airtel Kenya.Baada ya kampuni ya simu ya Zantel kuendelea kupata hasara mfululizo, kampuni ya Etisalat inayomiliki asilimia 65 ya hisa za zantel imeamua kuuza hizo ili kujiondoa kwenye soko la simu hapa nchini.
Zantel ambayo licha ya kupanua wigo wa mtandao wao tanzania bara lakini imekosa mvuto kwa wateja wa tanzania bara. Kampuni kubwa za vodacom na tigo zinashindana ili ziweze kumiliki mtandao huo wa Zantel.
Hali kama hiyo iliikuta kampuni ya Yu Kenya ambayo pia illiingia hasara mfululizo mpaka iliponunuliwa na Safaricom na Airtel Kenya.Baada ya kampuni ya simu ya Zantel kuendelea kupata hasara mfululizo, kampuni ya Etisalat inayomiliki asilimia 65 ya hisa za zantel imeamua kuuza hizo ili kujiondoa kwenye soko la simu hapa nchini.
Dar es Salaam. Two mobile operators, Vodacom and Millicom International Cellular that trades as Tigo, are competing for a 65 per cent Etisalat stake in Zanzibar Telecom (Zantel) as competition stiffens in the country.
The Emirates Telecommunications Corporation is working with Deutsche Bank AG on the sale of its 65 per cent stake in Zantel which has attracted interest from Vodacom Group Ltd and may also draw Millicom International Cellular, Bloomberg reported.
Whoever wins a stake in Zantel between Vodacom and Tigo, will automatically become the market leader in terms of data communication. This is because Zantel is the local host of the East African Submarine Cable System (EASSy) – with the project's landing station being at the firm's (Zantel's) Head Offices at Zantel Park Drive – in Msasani.
Zantel, along with Tanzania Telecommunications Company Limited (TTCL), are the local shareholders in the EASSy – an undersea fibre optic cable that links the countries of East Africa to the rest of the world. It is thus Zantel and TTCL that are responsible for selling and distributing capacity to other network operators and Internet Service Providers (ISP's).
The cable also interconnects with domestic and international networks. In the same vein, whoever buys a controlling stake in Zantel will get an additional seven per cent market share of the country's telecommunication subscription rates, according to latest figures by Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA).
Should the six per cent fall in the hands of Tigo, it will set a cut-throat competition among three major operators – where each will be controlling a market share of slightly over 30 per cent. According to TCRA's March 2014 subscription market share report, Zantel had a six per cent share while Vodacom was leading the telecoms subscription with a 37 per cent market shareholding.
Airtel had a 33 per cent share while Tigo had 24 per cent. If Tigo buys Zantel therefore, the market will have three giant contenders – owning 37, 33 and 30 per cent for Vodacom, Airtel and Tigo respectively. Both Vodacom Tanzania and Zantel declined to comment anything on the matter and directed all queries to their respective shareholders.
Meeco International of Tanzania owns 17 per cent of Zantel and the government of Zanzibar holds 18 per cent, according to the phone company's website. About 57 per cent of people in Tanzania had wireless access in 2012, compared with a rate of more than 71 per cent in neighbouring Kenya and 131 per cent in South Africa.
Zantel had sales of about $85 million last year, according to an Etisalat document published in May. The unit was in a default for non-payment of a $96 million bank facility, with the lender saying it may take enforcement action against Zantel unless a payment is made.
"Zantel cannot comment on shareholders' related matter…please refer all your queries to Etisalat group's corporate communication," said Awaichi Mawalla, Zantel marketing communications manager in a text message.
Source: thecitizen.co.tz
