East Africa: Celtel Gets Awarded For Its Achievements in 2005

Celtel, the largest Pan African mobile phone company, turned many heads in Zambia and Tanzania, earlier this year. The cellular company took home a total of four awards… Read more »

Africa: Celtel wins Africa Investor Award

Celtel and MTC are very pleased to announce they have won the Africa Investor Awards' Infrastructure Deal of the Year award for the acquisition of pan-African mobile telecoms… Read more »

Burkina Faso: Celtel Hosts Youssou Ndour For The Show Of The Year In Burkina

More than 20,000 people will go through an intense experience as they watch on September 15 an exciting musical performance by Youssou Ndour, the Senegalese acclaimed musician,… Read more »

Tanzania: TTCL and Celtel now separate companies

The Tanzania Telecommunications Company Limited (TTCL) and Celtel Tanzania Limited are now legally, financially and operationally totally separate companies. Read more »

Tanzania: Government and Celtel International to Strengthen the Telecommunications Sector in Tanzania

The Government of Tanzania and Celtel International, the pan African mobile operator, have announced an agreement to make a total investment of US$53 million in both TTCL (Tanzania… Read more »

Tanzania: Government And Celtel International to Strengthen the Telecommunications Sector in Tanzania

The Government of Tanzania and Celtel International, the pan African mobile operator, have announced an agreement to make a total investment of US$53 million in both TTCL (Tanzania… Read more »

Africa: Celtel Acquires Vivendi's Stake In A Leading Mobile Operator In Kenya

Celtel is investing US$250 million to acquire the majority stake in KenCell, formerly owned by Vivendi Telecom International, in one of Kenya's largest-ever corporate transactions. Read more »

Tanzania: Conclusion Of The Privatisation Of Tanzania Telecommunications Company

Celtel International (previously known as MSI Cellular) and the Government of Tanzania have concluded the privatisation of the Tanzania Telecommunications Company (TTCL). Read more »

Africa: MSI Cellular Adopts Celtel Name At Group Level And Relaunches Celtel Brand

Africa's leading telecommunications company with mobile operations across the continent today re-launches its brand Celtel, to reflect better the Group's businesses and… Read more »

Africa: Capital Leads $62 Million Investment In Celtel

Celtel International, previously known as MSI Cellular and Africa's leading mobile phone group operating in 12 countries with over 2.5 million customers, has completed a $62… Read more »

Sierra Leone: Celtel of Sierra Leone Gets New Marketing Manager

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Africa: MSI Cellular Wins Award For Foreign Direct Investment

MSI Cellular (MSI), Africa's leading telecoms company, with Celtel branded GSM operations throughout the continent, has won the inaugural SMO award for Foreign Direct Investment.… Read more »

Burkina Faso: Celtel Burkina Faso Issues $5.25 Million Bond

Celtel Burkina Faso, MSI Cellular's operator in West Africa, has become the first independent cellular operator in the region to raise money through a public bond, with the issue… Read more »

West Africa: MSI Reinforces Its Commitment To Chad

A high-level MSI delegation visited the Republic of Chad in early July and met with officials and local partners in Ndjamena, the capital, and other cities. This visit was aimed at… Read more »

Sierra Leone: Gateway Makes a Difference in Sierra Leone

Celtel Sierra Leone, the leading mobile phone operator in the country, has yet progressed dramatically since the introduction, in June, of a new technology aimed at further… Read more »

Nigeria: Linkafrica Penetrates Nigeria

As part of its development in Africa, the international carrier, LinkAfrica (LA), which is part of MSI-CI, has signed two interconnection agreements with two private operators in… Read more »

Uganda: Communication flows between Uganda and Tanzania

The leading mobile phone provider in Africa, MSI-Cellular, which owns the brand Celtel in many African countries, has established a microwave link between Uganda and Tanzania, in… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Celtel Congo (DRC) Announces Significant Further Network Expansion

Celtel Congo (DRC) the GSM network operator in the Democratic Republic of Congo ("DRC"), owned by MSI Cellular, has made the following announcement relating to expansion of network… Read more »

Africa: Celtel Sponsors African Journalism Award

Celtel, one of Africa's leading GSM mobile brands, was pleased to be the major sponsor of the Africa Education Journalism Award held in Nairobi on Friday 6th June, and presented by… Read more »

Zambia: Celtel Launches Another Great First with Enhanced SMS

Celtel Zambia has announced the introduction for all its subscribers of SMS - Short Messaging Service or as is quoted by some, Something Much Shorter, meaning in place of making… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Celtel 'Contributes' to the Peace Process In Bunia

In the framework of its network expansion, CELTEL CONGO (RDC) has launched its operations in the town of BUNIA, Ituri Region, in the Oriental Province of the DRC. Read more »

Africa: Dr Mo: The Cellular Choice

As a mobile phone operator having set up its business south of the Sahara, MSI Cellular Investments (MSI) claims its African identity and origins. Read more »

Sierra Leone: Celtel exceeds 50,000 subscribers

Celtel (S.L.) Limited, the pioneer Mobile (GSM) Telephone Company in Sierra Leone, achieved another mile-stone in the growth of its network, on Friday 2nd May 2003, when the active… Read more »

Africa: MSI Cellular shines through telecoms gloom

MSI Cellular (MSI), one of Africa’s leading telecoms companies, with "Celtel" branded GSM operations throughout the continent, is proud to announce US$117m in debt finance from… Read more »