tanzania based subsidiary of millicom international cellular which is a telecommunications company based in luxembourg . for the main article see tigo . this article needs to be updated . please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . january 2016 mic tanzania limited tigo type public industry telecommunication communications services founded november 30 1993 headquarters dar es salaam tanzania key people diego gutierrez gm olivier prentout marketing manager shavkat berdiev chief commercial officer products tigo life voice message portal data ring tones topic portal tigo back up tigo music tigo pesa tigo bima tigo kilimo tigo hadithi tigo rafiki tigo voice chat number of employees tigo tanzania directly and indirectly employs over 300 000 tanzanians including an extended network of customer service representatives mobile money merchants sales agents and distributors . website tigo.co.tz tigo tanzania is the leading innovative telecommunication company in the country distinguished as a fully fledged digital lifestyle brand . offering a diverse product portfolio in voice sms high speed internet and mobile financial services tigo has pioneered innovations such as facebook in kiswahili tigopesa app for android & ios users tigo music deezer and east africa s first cross border mobile money transfer with currency conversion . the tigo 3g network guarantees the best services to its subscriber s in all regions across the country and has recently launched a 4g network available in key cities . between 2013 and 2014 alone the company launched over 500 new network sites which translates to over 2000 network sites . tigo plans to double its investment by 2017 in terms of coverage and additional capacity networks for deeper penetration in rural areas . with over 9 million registered subscribers to their network tigo directly and indirectly employs over 300 000 tanzanians including an extended network of customer service representatives mobile money merchants sales agents and distributors . tigo is the biggest commercial brand of millicom an international company developing the digital lifestyle in 12 countries with commercial operations in africa and latin america and corporate offices in europe and the usa . with the certain knowledge that only constant innovation will keep them on top millicom keeps creating greater shareholder value ; applying their concept of demand more is how they do business and retain their position as digital lifestyle leaders in some of the most unusual and challenging markets . contents 1 history 2 millicom takes full control over mic tanzania tigo 3 overview on telecom companies in tanzania 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit mic tanzania limited tigo was found on november 30 1993 . this corporation was a joint venture between millicom international cellular based in luxembourg ultimate communications limited of tanzania and tanzania posts and telecommunications corporation . in this venture 27.7 % of the issued share capital was allotted to the ultimate communications limited and tanzania posts and telecommunications corporation . 1 in 1993 there was liberalization of telecommunication sector in the country which resulted in the dissolution of tanzania posts and telecommunications corporation tptc in early 1994 . its shares ware then transferred to tanzania telecommunications company limited . further steps towards full liberalization of the market causes the privatization of ttcl on february 23 2001 and its shares were transferred to the tanzanian government . millicom takes full control over mic tanzania tigo edit in february 2006 after buying out its minority shareholders the luxembourg based pan african mobile operator millicom international cellular announced to take a full control of three of its african based mobile operators including mic tanzania limited . in tanzania a usd 1.332 million deal enables millicom to acquire the remaining 16 % stake it did not already own after the cellco s minority shareholders agreed to cancel their call option on the business . since then millicom is the full controller of the company . overview on telecom companies in tanzania edit network operator any fixed line cable service technology deployed any plan for wimax company strategies ttcl yes copper cables ; leased lines ; basic pots ; adsl ; sdsl . mobile & fixed wireless cdma 3g coverage area at first major cities later to cover the whole country yes major strategy voice access and backbone provision . national and international calling ; internet access international gateway license ; video on demand in the future airtel tanzania no gsm 900 1800 400 ; gprs edge not indicated mainly voice ; carrier of carriers mic tanzania limited tigo no gsm 900 1800 3g 900 2100 4g lte yes currently doing initial steps no frequency application yet voice mobile broadband and mobile money vodacom tanzania no gsm 900 1800 plans for 3g rollout by 2007 frequency allocated yes spectrum guaranteed by regulator for 3.5 ghz . targeting data transfer for corporate sector major cites basic voice services ; data transfer zantel no gsm 900 1800 planning for 3g cdma dar es salaam zanzibar pemba national roaming agreement with vodacom on the mainland yes voice ; access to the international gateway see also edit celtel tanzania vodacom tanzania vodacom 3g technology tanzania telecommunications company limited celtel international celtel africa challenge zantel zanzibar telecom references edit 1 invitation to investors to purchase the government shares in mic tanzania limited trading as mobitel external links edit v t e tanzanian wireless network operators airtel halotel sasatel smilecom tigo ttcl vodacom zantel tanzania communication regulatory authority ministry of works transport and communication retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mic tanzania limited & oldid 730469339 categories telecommunications companies of tanzaniacompanies established in 1993dar es salaam1993 establishments in tanzaniahidden categories wikipedia articles in need of updating from january 2016all wikipedia articles in need of updating navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 19 july 2016 at 06 01 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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