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Global Telecom Holding S.A.E. (formerly Orascom Telecom Holding S.A.E.) is an international telecommunications company operating GSM networks in the Middle East, Africa, Canada, and Asia. It started its operations in Egypt by launching the first Egyptian mobile operator Mobinil in 1998. On April 15, 2011, VimpelCom Ltd. announced the closing of the combination of VimpelCom and Global Telecom/WIND Telecom SpA. Therefore VimpelCom will own, through WIND Telecom SpA, 51.7% of Global Telecom Holding SAE and 100% of WIND Telecomunicazioni SpA (WIND Italy) and will be the sixth largest mobile telecom provider in the world.〔(Press Release seen on 15.09.2011 )〕 == Global operations == From 200,000 subscribers in 1998 to more than 101 million subscribers, through its parent company Wind Telecom, Global Telecom (GTH) established itself as a global brand. Operating in eleven emerging markets, the company has a population under license of approximately 517 million with an average mobile telephony penetration of approximately 48% as of December 2010. Global Telecom operates GSM networks in Algeria (Djezzy GSM), Pakistan (Mobilink), Bangladesh (Banglalink), Burundi (Leo Burundi), DR Congo (SAIT - owned via Telecel International), Central African Republic (Telecel CAR), North Korea (Koryolink) and Zimbabwe (Telecel Zimbabwe). In 2009, the company was also awarded the management contract of one of the Lebanese mobile telecommunications operator Alfa from the government of Lebanon. GTH formerly had operated networks in Egypt (Mobinil - sold to Orange S.A.) and Namibia (TN Mobile - nationalized by Namibian government). GTH formerly had an indirect equity ownership in Canadian mobile operator WIND Mobile Corporation which had been granted a spectrum license in Canada. The company is now independently owned by a Canadian-American investment consortium and has no legal connection to GTH and Wind Telecom. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Global Telecom Holding」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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