Supercell (cellular company)
| Supercell SPRL | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Société Privée à Résponsabilité Limitée |
| founding | 1999 or 2002 |
| Seat |
Goma , Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
| sales | 112 billion CDF (20xx) |
| Branch | Mobile communications , telecommunications |
Supercell SPRL is a cellular company based in North Kivu , Democratic Republic of the Congo . The originally regionally restricted concession was later converted into a national concession, an expansion outside Kivu seems to have taken place at least to Bukavu , South Kivu , Kisangani and the former Eastern Province .
history
Supercell started operations in July 2002. Another source mentions the year 1999. At that time, the east of the Congo was under the rule of the rebels of the Rassemblement Congolais pour la Démocratie (RCD-Goma) , from whose ranks it was founded. At least in the beginning, Supercell worked together with Rwandacell , which is plausible from the political situation at the time - or was even a subsidiary.
When the government army captured Bukavu in 2004, Supercell's signal in that city was switched off in favor of Vodafone and Celtel. Supercell used the country code for neighboring Rwanda as the country code . In the summer of 2005, the government set the company a deadline to connect its network to the Congolese network. Since then, the headquarters has been on Mont-Goma. What is special about it is that the responsible PTT minister Gertrude Kitembo is said to be one of Supercells' shareholders. Another shareholder is Modeste Makabuza , who is associated with the arms and raw materials trade in the Rwandan-Congolese border area.
See also
literature
- International Telecommunication Union datasheet
- Stanislas Bucyalimwe Mararo: L'Est de la République démocratique du Congo: Dix ans entre la guerre et la paix (1996-2006). Antwerp University.
credentials
- ↑ http://listings.findthecompany.com/l/267230853/Supercell-Sprl-in-Northern-Kivu-Congo-Democratic-Rep
- ↑ http://www.telegeography.com/cu/article.php?article_id=25188
- ↑ a b c Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 4, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated June 2, 2002 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Jason's Stears: Repenser la crise au Kivu. In: République démocratique du Congo: terrains disputés. Page 36 (= Politique Africaine, No. 129/2013)
- ↑ http://www.telegeography.com/cu/article.php?article_id=25188
- ^ David Fick: Africa: Continent of Economic Opportunity. Johannesburg, 2006: STE Publishers. Page 401.
- ↑ Séverine Autesserre: The Trouble with the Congo: Local Violence and the Failure of International Peacebuilding. Cambridge University Press, 2010. page 58.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 4, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://congograndbeauetrichepays.over-blog.com/article-3041056.html
- ↑ Barouski: 'Blood Minerals' in the Kivu Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 2007.
