Smile Communications Tanzania
| File:Smile Communication Tanzania Logo.png | |
| Private | |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 28 July 2009 |
| Headquarters | Regent Business Park, Mikocheni, Dar es salaam |
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Key people
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Fiona McGloin (Country Manager) |
| Services | |
| Parent | Smile Telecoms Holdings Limited |
| Slogan | Speed Quality Reliability |
| Website | Homepage |
Smile Communication Tanzania Ltd (Smile TZ) is a telecommunications network company in Tanzania. It was registered in July 2009 and began commercial operations in May 2013.[1] The company is a subsidiary of Smile Telecoms Holdings, a South African telecommunications conglomerate, whose subsidiaries include: (a) Smile Telecom (Nigeria) (b) Smile Telecom (Tanzania) (c) Smile Telecom (South Africa) and (d) Smile Telecom (Uganda).[2] Smile's first country of operation in Africa was in Tanzania. Smile Tanzania was the first company to launch commercial 4G LTE services in Tanzania and began its operations in the city of Dar es Salaam.
Products and services
Currently Smile Tanzania is solely a data provider and does not plan to enter into the Voice and Wireless service. However, in November 2015 Smile launched the first Voice of LTE service in East Africa in Partnership with Alcatel-Lucent.[2]
Area of operation
Currently Smile Tanzania operates only in the cities of Dar es Salaam and Arusha. However, the company has shown interest in expanding the network after the company had raised US$365 million in debt and equity financing to extend broadband services. The company plans to expand in the following cities in order:[4]
