# Halotel

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Tanzanian mobile communications company

Viettel Tanzania Public Limited Company (Halotel) Type Public Industry Telecommunications Founded 15 October 2015; 10 years ago (15 October 2015) Area served Tanzania Key people Bui Van Thang (Managing Director) Products GSM-related products Internet services Number of employees 702 (F.Y. 2023)[1] (Tanzanian Employees) Parent Viettel Group Website www.halotel.co.tz

**Viettel Tanzania Public Limited Company**, trading as **Halotel**, is a [mobile communications](/source/Mobile_telecom) company, providing voice, messaging, data and communication services in [Tanzania](/source/Tanzania). It is owned by [Viettel Global JSC](/source/Viettel)[2] which is the state-owned Investment Company from [Vietnam](/source/Vietnam) investing in the Telecommunications market in several countries worldwide. It has invested up to $1 Billion into the Tanzania's telecommunications market.[3] The Company was the first company in Tanzania allowed to lay its own [fiber optic](/source/Fiber-optic_communication) cable and has placed over 18,000 km of optic fiber, providing all 26 [regions](/source/Regions_of_Tanzania) of Tanzania with telecommunication services.[4]

The Tanzanian telecom market is one of the most competitive markets in Africa and Tanzania has over 79% mobile phone penetration.[5] The company aims to capitalize on the providing a very wide coverage as quickly as possible and the company claims to cover over 81% of the country's area soon to be the higher than any of the major providers.[6]

## History

Halotel was launched in October 2015 and deployed in all 26 Tanzanian regions.[7][8] This was Viettel's fourth investment in Africa after [Movitel](/source/Movitel%2C_SA), [Lumitel](/source/Lumitel) and Nexttel in Mozambique, Burundi and Cameroon respectively.[9] Viettel started investing in the country in 2011 and planned $736 million in investment after the then president [Jakaya Kikwete](/source/Jakaya_Kikwete) made a state visit to [Vietnam](/source/Vietnam). The goal of the [government](/source/Politics_of_Tanzania) was to encourage rural mobile connectivity in the country where and the [government](/source/Politics_of_Tanzania) saw fit to increase competition by allowing Viettel to operate in the country.[4]

The entry of Viettel also saw further liberalization of the communication sector, where the government allowed private companies to lay their own optic fiber cables. The company had promised to connect several public institutions around the country with the optic fibre network and connect over 1500 villages to the telecommunication grid that were previously not served.[10] The company also tried to partner with state-owned energy company [Tanzania Electric Supply Company Limited](/source/Tanzania_Electric_Supply_Company_Limited) (TANESCO) to use TANESCO's power poles to serve as antennas, however due to high costs the plan was abandoned.[11]

In 2015, the company obtained licenses to operate its mobile money services HALOPESA. At this time around 32% of the country was already using mobile banking from other providers[12]

## Coverage

Halotel currently covers all regions of Tanzania with its 2G and 3G network via the 900MHz, 1800MHz and 2100MHz Frequency Spectrums and is on an ongoing deployment of telecommunication towers and sites to cover all regions with its 4G network. To improve on its 4G coverage and capacity, Halotel obtained additional 2600MHz Frequency Spectrum as auctioned off by the [Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority](/source/Tanzania_Communications_Regulatory_Authority) in October 2022.[13]

## Subscription and Market Share

As of March 2023, Halotel boasts a total of 8,146,036 subscribers out of the 61.9 Million Mobile telecommunication services subscribers in Tanzania which is a 13% market share.[14] Halotel through its [HaloPesa](http://www.halopesa.co.tz/) mobile money service boasts a sum of 3,821,098 subscribers with access to the service in the country, a total of 9% market share in the Mobile financial services space.[14]

## Viettel Group

Main article: [Viettel Mobile](/source/Viettel_Mobile)

Map showing countries with Viettel Group presence

Viettel Group is a [Vietnam](/source/Vietnam) based telecommunications group. It is a [state-owned enterprise](/source/State-owned_enterprise) wholly owned and operated by the [Ministry of Defence](/source/Ministry_of_Defence_(Vietnam)) of Vietnam. The company has a customer base of over 75 million as of 2014 and made over $8 billion in revenue.[15] As of December 2015[\[update\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Halotel&action=edit),the Group has subsidiaries in:[16]

Viettel Group global subsidiaries (December 2015) Africa Americas Asia Burundi Lumitel Haiti Natcom Cambodia Metfone Cameroon Nexttel Peru Bitel Laos Unitel Mozambique Movitel East Timor Telemor Tanzania Halotel Myanmar Viettel Mytel Vietnam Viettel Mobile

## See also

- [Tanzania portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Tanzania)
- [Telecommunication portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Telecommunication)

- [Telecommunications in Tanzania](/source/Telecommunications_in_Tanzania)

- [Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authority](/source/Tanzania_Communication_Regulatory_Authority)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-daily6116_1-0)** ["Hello Tanzania as 3G Halotel plans pan-territorial coverage"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304111811/http://dailynews.co.tz/index.php/home-news/45752-hello-tanzania-as-3g-halotel-plans-pan-territorial-coverage). *Daily News*. Daily News. 6 January 2016. Archived from [the original](http://dailynews.co.tz/index.php/home-news/45752-hello-tanzania-as-3g-halotel-plans-pan-territorial-coverage) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Viettel Global JSC"](http://viettelglobal.vn/).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Halotel - Who we are"](https://web.archive.org/web/20230321175006/https://halotel.co.tz/). Archived from [the original](http://halotel.co.tz/) on 2023-03-21. Retrieved 2015-12-20.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_4-1) ["Viettel Tanzania wins award for its investment projects - News VietNamNet"](https://web.archive.org/web/20181109070727/https://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/science-it/137515/viettel-tanzania-wins-award-for-its-investment-projects.html). *english.vietnamnet.vn*. Archived from [the original](http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/science-it/137515/viettel-tanzania-wins-award-for-its-investment-projects.html) on 2018-11-09. Retrieved 2016-01-05.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["TCRA June 2015 Statistics"](http://www.tcra.go.tz/images/documents/telecommunication/telcomStatsJune15.pdf) (PDF). *tcra.go.tz*. Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authority. June 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["A company owned by Vietnam's military will put $1 billion into Tanzania's mobile market"](https://qz.com/530603/a-company-owned-by-vietnams-military-will-put-1-billion-into-tanzanias-mobile-market/). *Quartz*. Retrieved 2016-01-05.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Viettel to launch in Tanzania in Oct-15 under Halotel banner"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304092516/https://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2015/07/29/viettel-to-launch-in-tanzania-in-oct-15-under-halotel-banner/). *TeleGeography*. [Primerica](/source/Primerica). Archived from [the original](https://www.telegeography.com/products/commsupdate/articles/2015/07/29/viettel-to-launch-in-tanzania-in-oct-15-under-halotel-banner/) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-12-20.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["BUSINESS Viettel invests $736 million to launch in Tanzania as Halotel"](https://web.archive.org/web/20151222124143/http://techmoran.com/viettel-invests-736-million-to-launch-in-tanzania-as-halotel/). TechMoran. October 15, 2015. Archived from [the original](http://techmoran.com/viettel-invests-736-million-to-launch-in-tanzania-as-halotel/) on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-20.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Jefwa, Baraka (October 15, 2015). ["Viettel launches mobile, internet services in Tanzania through Halotel"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084015/http://www.cio.co.ke/news/top-stories/viettel-launches-mobile,-internet-services-in-tanzania-through-halotel). *CIO East Africa*. [International Data Group](/source/International_Data_Group). Archived from [the original](http://www.cio.co.ke/news/top-stories/viettel-launches-mobile,-internet-services-in-tanzania-through-halotel) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-12-20.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Tanzania Allows Viettel to Lay Its Own Fibre Optic Cable"](http://allafrica.com/stories/201510260542.html). *allAfrica.com*. Allafrica. Retrieved 2016-01-05.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Kabendera, Erick (25 October 2015). ["Tanzania allows Viettel to lay its own fibre optic cable"](http://www.ipsos.co.ke/NEWBASE_EXPORTS/TIGO/151025_The%20%20EastAfrican_36_a4dd0.pdf) (PDF). The East African. Retrieved 5 January 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["Tanzanie: l'entrée de Viettel annoncée dans le Mobile Money"](https://www.agenceecofin.com/monetique/2810-33454-tanzanie-l-entree-de-viettel-annoncee-dans-le-mobile-money). *Agence Ecofin* (in French). Retrieved 2016-01-05.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["TCRA | Spectrum Auctioning"](https://tcra.go.tz/services/spectrum-auctioning). *tcra.go.tz*. Retrieved 2023-04-28.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:1_14-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:1_14-1) ["TCRA | Statistics"](https://tcra.go.tz/services/statistics). *tcra.go.tz*. Retrieved 2023-04-28.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["Viettel Group"](http://viettel.com.vn/Our_Key_Figures.html). *viettel.com.vn*. Retrieved 2016-01-05.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-16)** ["Viettel Group Profile"](http://www.viettelglobal.vn/about-us/introduction.html). Viettel Group. Retrieved 2015-12-20.

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