Afghan Wireless

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Afghan Wireless Communications Company
legal form
founding 2002
Seat Kabul , Afghanistan
management Amin Ramin
Number of employees 5,500
Branch Telecommunications Internet services
Website http://afghan-wireless.com/
As of December 31, 2015

The Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC) is an Afghan telecommunications company and a leader in the delivery of wireless and broadband communication solutions for residential and business customers. The company, which is based in Kabul , was founded in 2002 by Ehsan Bayat .

history

In 2002 the entrepreneur Ehsan Bayat founded the Afghan Wireless Communications Company in Kabul as a joint venture between Telephone Systems International Inc. (80%) and the Afghan Ministry of Communications (20%). The company was the first mobile operator in Afghanistan . After the US company TSI had signed a contract with the Afghan government in 1998 for the expansion of the telecommunications network with a budget of 240 million USD , in which TSI assumed 80% of the costs (AWCC) in April 2002 this contract in the course of a Succession agreement with the TSI.

After setting up an extensive 2G network and introducing the MyMoney ™ mobile payment system , AWCC had 75 branches and over two million subscribers in 2009, including Azizi Bank and Kabul Bank , two of the largest banks in Afghanistan.

In 2014, the company introduced the first mobile high-speed broadband communication in Afghanistan with the 3.75G + service . As part of the 3G provision, the Internet IPv6 network was also implemented, which AWCC offered as the first and, until 2016, the only telecommunications company for Afghanistan. At the time, the company had over 4 million customers nationwide.

Companies

AWCC is one of two major telecommunications companies in Afghanistan and has over 4 million customers nationwide. To date, the company has invested over USD 400 million in expanding its cellular network and is committed to charitable projects.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Afghan Wireless introduces 3.75G + services. Focus, December 16, 2014, accessed May 27, 2016 .
  2. ^ Nazir Peroz: Framework for a Functional IT Supply in Higher Education in Afghanistan . LIT, 2009, ISBN 978-3-643-10225-6 , pp. 12 ff . (on Google Books )
  3. ↑ Afghan Wireless is the first to reach two million subscribers. In: news aktuell / Presseportal.de. June 24, 2008, archived from the original on December 6, 2009 ; Retrieved April 7, 2014 .
  4. ↑ press release