Movicel
Movicel is the smaller of the two Angolan mobile phone companies. Movicel was originally created in 2003 as a subsidiary of the state owned Angola Telecom. In 2010, 80% of the company's capital was sold to various private companies: Portmil - Investimentos e Telecomunicações, S.A., Modus Comunicar, S.A., Ipangue, S.A., Lambda Investement and Novatel. The remaining 20% remain in the hands of the state owned (empresa publica) companies Angola Telecom and ENCTA. The seat of the company is the capital city Luanda. Movicel sells its services via a network of shops; recharging cards for pre-paid contracts are also sold by individual street sellers.
Movicel claims to have "more than 3 million" customers out of a population of estimated 18 to 20 million people in Angola.[1]
Movicel offers GSM based mobile communication for voice communications, text and multimedia messages, and mobile internet access. Movicel has coverage in all 18 Angolan provinces. Movicel sets forth its roaming agreements with 500 mobile phone provides in 213 countries and territories on all continents.[2] Currently (2011), international roaming is available only for post-paid contracts.
The tariff is calculated in UTT (Unidade Tarifária de Telecomunicações - Telecommunication Tariff Units), a common tariff unit used by all telecommunication companies in Angola. The price of one UTT is 7.2 Kwanzas.
Recharging cards are available with 125 UTT, 375 UTT, 625 UTT and 1250 UTT for 900 Kwanzas respectively 2700 Kwanzas etc.
The prefix for Movicel phone numbers is 91.
See also
References
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"Quem somos" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 April 2012.
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"Em quantos países temos Roaming Pós-pago?" (in Portuguese). Movicel. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
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