Orange's activities
Orange Guinée, a mobile operator 85%-owned by Sonatel, opened its GSM service in early November 2007 and provides mobile telephony and Internet services.
Mobile use primarily involves voice and SMS in a highlycompetitive market with five operators. Orange, the fourth player to join Guinea’s mobile market, was the number-two operator at end 2009, with 25% market share. Orange’s mobile market, which is almost exclusively prepaid, had 684,000 active customers at end 2009.
In less than one year, Orange Guinée extended coverage to the country’s 33 county towns. It has a backbone network between Conakry and Labé. At the end of 2009, a total of 68 municipalities were covered. There are two new transmission arteries under construction (Conakry/Mali and Labé/Kédougou).
Orange has a direct distribution network with three agencies in Conakry. Three new agencies in the country’s largest cities (Labé, Kankan, Nzérékoré) are set to open in 2010. The indirect distribution network works with six distributors.
Orange, the only operator with fiber optic access, aims to become the leading provider of broadband Internet service, which it launched at the end of 2009.
In less than one year, Orange Guinée extended coverage to the country’s 33 county towns. It has a backbone network between Conakry and Labé. At the end of 2009, a total of 68 municipalities were covered. There are two new transmission arteries under construction (Conakry/Mali and Labé/Kédougou).
Orange has a direct distribution network with three agencies in Conakry. Three new agencies in the country’s largest cities (Labé, Kankan, Nzérékoré) are set to open in 2010. The indirect distribution network works with six distributors.
Orange, the only operator with fiber optic access, aims to become the leading provider of broadband Internet service, which it launched at the end of 2009.
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