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Digital Mobile Phone Networks In Africa |
[African GSM 900/1800 network operator
list]
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| Country | Standard | Startup | Operator | Notes |
| Algeria | GSM900 | 2/99 | Algerian PTT | |
| Angola | CDMA800 | 2001 | Unitel | Operated by Portugal Telecom, with local partners |
| Angola | AMPS-800 | 2/94 | Angola Telecom | Luanda, then nationwide |
| Botswana | GSM900 | 6/1998 | Vista cellular | |
| Benin | GSM900 | 5/00 | Libercom | |
| Benin | GSM900 | 6/00 | BeninCell | |
| Benin | GSM900 | 6/00 | Telecell | |
| Botswana | GSM900 | 5/98 | Vista Wireless | |
| Botswana | GSM900 | 6/1998 | Mascom Wireless | |
| Burkina Faso | GSM900 | 1/01 | MSI | |
| Burkina Faso | GSM900 | 12/96 | Telecel | |
| Burkina Faso | GSM900 | 12/96 | Onatel | |
| Burundi | AMPS800 | 9/93 | Telecel-Burundi | |
| Cameroon | GSM900 | 1994 | Camtel/MTN | |
| Cameroon | GSM 900 | 1999 | Societe Camerounaise de Mobiles (SCM). | |
| Cape Verde | GSM 900 | 1998 | Cabo Verde Telecom | |
| Central African Republic | GSM900 | 4/99 | Telecel | |
| Central African Republic | GSM900 | 4/99 | CATP | |
| Congo | GSM900 | 1/99 | Congolese Wireless | |
| Congo (DR) | GSM900 | Congolaise Wireless | ||
| Cote d'Ivoire | GSM900 | 03/96 | Comstar | |
| Cote d'Ivoire | GSM900 |
10/96 |
Loteny Telecom | |
| Cote d'Ivoire | GSM900 | 8/96 | Societe Ivoirenne de Mobiles | |
| Egypt | GSM900 | ClickGsm | Cairo, Luxor, Alexandria,Aswan | |
| Egypt | MATS | 5/87 | Arab Republic of Egypt Nat'l Telecom. Org. | |
| Egypt | GSM900 | 12/98 | Mirsfone | |
| Egypt | GSM900 | 10/96 | MobiNil | |
| Equatorial Guinea | GSM900 | 4/00 | GETSA | |
| Ethiopia | GSM900 | 07/98 | Ethiopian Telecoms Auth | |
| Gabon | GSM900 | 6/00 | Celtel | |
| gabon | GSM900 | 3/87 | OPT | |
| Gabon | GSM900 | 3/99 | Libertis | |
| Ghana | GSM900 | 6/96 | ScanCom Ltd. | |
| Ghana | GSM900 | 1996 | Francis Walker Ghana Ltd. | |
| Ghana | TACS | 5/92 | Millicom Ghana | |
| Kenya | ETACS | 1993 | Kenya Posts & Telecoms Co. | |
| Kenya | GSM900 | 1998 | Safaricom | |
| Kenya | GSM900 | 4/96 | Kencell | |
| Lesotho | GSM900 | 12/95 | Vodacom Lesotho Pty. | Maserv |
| Liberia | GSM900 | 3/99 | ||
| Libya | GSM | 5/95 | ORBIT | |
| Madagascar | GSM900 | 05/97 | Sacel Madagascar S.A. | all |
| Madagascar | GSM900 | 11/97 | Madacom | all |
| Madagascar | GSM900 | 03/98 | SMM | |
| Malawi | GSM900 | 6/99 | Callpoint | |
| Malawi | GSM900 | 7/96 | Celtel | Blantyre/Limbe & Lilongwe |
| Mauritius | ETACS | 6/89 | Emtel/Currimjee Jeewanjee Millicom | |
| Mauritius | GSM900 | 10/99 | Emtel | |
| Mauritius | GSM900 | 1/96 | Cellplus Mobile Comms | |
| Morocco | GSM900 | 4/94 | Itissalat Al-Maghrib S.A | Rabat, Casablanca |
| Morocco | GSM 900 | 1999 | Medi Telecom | |
| Mozambique | GSM900 | 6/97 | Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicacoes de Mocambique (TDM) | Maputo, Matola and "Maputo Corridor" |
| Mozambique | GSM1800 | 8/98 | Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicacoes de Mocambique (TDM) | |
| Namibia | GSM | 4/27/95 | Mobile Telecommunications Co. Ltd. | Windhoek/Rehobeth area |
| Nigeria | GSM | 1995 | EMIS Nigeria | Lagos |
| Nigeria | GSM900 | 7/99 | Abuja, Port Harcourt, Aba, Onitsha | |
| Nigeria | ETACS(800) | 11/92 | Mobile Telecom Services | |
| Nigeria | GSM | 1995 | International Wireless Inc./Comstar | Lagos, Abuja |
| Reunion | GSM | 9/95 | Societe Francaise du Radiotelephon | |
| Rwanda | GSM900 | 7/98 | RwandaCell | |
| Senegal | GSM900 | 07/96 | Sonatel | nationwide |
| Seychelles | GSM | 11/95 | Cable & Wireless (Seychelles) Ltd. | |
| South Africa | GSM900 | 6/1/94 | Vodacom | nationwide |
| South Africa | GSM900 | 6/1/94 | Mobile Telephone Networks | nationwide |
| South Africa | GSM900/1800 | 18/11/01 | Cell-C | nationwide |
| Sudan | GSM900 | 01/97 | Daewoo & Sudatel | Khartoum & Port Sudan |
| Sudan | GSM900 | 1998 | Mobitel | |
| Swaziland | GSM900 | 7/1998 | MTN | nationwide |
| Tanzania | GSM900 | 12/95 | Tritel | Dar es Salaam & other cities |
| Tanzania | GSM900 | 7/99 | Vodacom Tanzania | |
| Tanzania | GSM900 | 2001 | Celtel Tanzania | Part of MSI group and Tanzania Telecom. |
| Tanzania | GSM900 | 1998 | Zanzibar Telecom | Zanzibar |
| Tanzania | TACS | 10/94 | MIC Tanzania Ltd. | Dar es Salaam & other cities |
| Togo | Togotel | |||
| Tunisia | GSM900 | end-96 | Ministry of Communications | Tunis |
| Tunisia | GSM900 | 03/98 | Tunisie Telecom | |
| Uganda | GSM 900 | 2001 | Telecel Uganda | Operated by Orascom+Ugandan Telecoms |
| Uganda | GSM | 5/95 | Clovergem Celtel Ltd. | Kampala, Entebbe, Jinja |
| Uganda | GSM | 7/98 | MTN & partner | |
| Zaire | TACS | end-94 | Trans Global Telecom | Kinshasa |
| Zambia | CDMA | late 96 | Telecel-Zambia | Lusaka |
| Zambia | GSM900 | unknown | Zamtel and partner | |
| Zimbabwe | GSM900 | 3/97 | Telecel Zimbabwe (PVT) Ltd | Harare & Bulawyo |
| Zimbabwe | GSM900 | 1/97 | NetOne (GSM 900) | Harare & Bulawyo |
| Zimbabwe | GSM900 | 3/97 | Econet (GSM 900) | Local |