Company type | Société Anonyme |
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Industry | Telecommunications |
Founded | 19 December 2013 |
Headquarters | 51 Uprona Boulevard, Bujumbura, Burundi |
Area served | Burundi |
Key people | Nguyen Huy Tan (CEO) |
Products |
GSM-related products Internet services |
Number of employees | 43,000+ (2021) |
Parent | Viettel Group |
Website | Company website |
Lumitel is a mobile communications company, providing voice, messaging, data and communication services in Burundi. It is owned by Viettel Global JSC [1] which is the state-owned Investment Company from Vietnam investing in the Telecommunications market in several countries worldwide. [2] Founded in 2013, Lumitel laucnched its service in May 2015. [3] It provides services to over 3 million users. [4] Lumitel became the largest operator in Burundi within 1 month of operation. [5] Its main competitor is Econet Leo.
Lumitel began setting up a 4G LTE system in Burundi in 2016. [6] It also operates the mobile wallet service called Lumicash since 2017, [7] and a lottery system called Lumiloto since 2021. [8] As of 2021, Lumitel operates over 25,000 sales location and employs 43,000 sellers. [9]
Company type | Société Anonyme |
---|---|
Industry | Telecommunications |
Founded | 19 December 2013 |
Headquarters | 51 Uprona Boulevard, Bujumbura, Burundi |
Area served | Burundi |
Key people | Nguyen Huy Tan (CEO) |
Products |
GSM-related products Internet services |
Number of employees | 43,000+ (2021) |
Parent | Viettel Group |
Website | Company website |
Lumitel is a mobile communications company, providing voice, messaging, data and communication services in Burundi. It is owned by Viettel Global JSC [1] which is the state-owned Investment Company from Vietnam investing in the Telecommunications market in several countries worldwide. [2] Founded in 2013, Lumitel laucnched its service in May 2015. [3] It provides services to over 3 million users. [4] Lumitel became the largest operator in Burundi within 1 month of operation. [5] Its main competitor is Econet Leo.
Lumitel began setting up a 4G LTE system in Burundi in 2016. [6] It also operates the mobile wallet service called Lumicash since 2017, [7] and a lottery system called Lumiloto since 2021. [8] As of 2021, Lumitel operates over 25,000 sales location and employs 43,000 sellers. [9]