Sudatel

Related organizations

• Arab Cables - 40% owned by Sudatel
• Thurya Mobile Phone Service
• Rascom
• Sudanet - 51%
• Datanet - 99%
• Bank Service
• Hawatif Corporation
• Expresso Telecom
• Sudani One

  Operations

• Sudan - Egypt Fiber Line - 350 km;
• Sudan - Ethiopia Landline Project;
• Sea Cable Project - the fiber cable project to link Port Sudan with Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, under the Red Sea. This US$20 mm project commenced construction in May 2003. It is being accomplished in conjunction with British Telecommunications and the French firm Alcatel; as of December 2006, Sudatel's website reports that "Sudatel is linked to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia via a network of sea cables";
• Distance Learning Project - connecting universities with remote towns and villages using a dedicated HDSL system.
• Sudatel paid $100 million to be licensed as Mauritania's third mobile phone service provider.
• Sudatel signed a contract to establish and operate the East Africa continental sea cable, which shall link South Africa’s telecom network with that of Sudatel, which cable shall run from Port Sudan to the Cape of Good Hope; the project is being done in association with Alcatel and has a budget of US$250 million.