Investcom LLc (formerly Investcom Holding), the leading international provider of mobile telecommunications services with operations in Africa, the Middle East and Europe, today announced it has exceeded four million subscribers.
Mr. Azmi Mikati, Chief Executive Officer at Investcom said; “Investcom’s strong growth in subscriber numbers has continued throughout the third quarter of 2005, taking us to over 4 million subscribers, from 3.3 million at the end of June. We’re delighted with the performance across our group, and in particular with our most recent addition to the Areeba stable, our Sudanese business, which since launching in July already has 200,000 subscribers using our network.”
The company owns and operates mobile services, mostly under the Areeba brand, in eight markets – in Benin, Cyprus, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Syria, Yemen and Sudan. Additional mobile licenses have recently been won in Afghanistan and Guinea, taking the total number of markets to ten.
About Investcom
Investcom LLc (www.investcomllc.com) is an international provider of mobile telecommunications services with operations in eight countries in the Middle East, Africa and Europe. The company operates GSM networks, mostly under the Areeba™ brand, in Syria, Ghana, Yemen, Benin, Liberia, Cyprus, Guinea-Bissau and Sudan. Investcom has also recently been awarded GSM licenses to build and operate mobile networks in Afghanistan and Guinea, expanding its operations to ten countries and boosting its combined population under license to approx. 147 million.
The company also provides international carrier services, principally through its operations in Monaco, fixed telephony services in the United Kingdom and telecommunications engineering and consulting services.
