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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Telecommunications |
Founded | 2016 |
Headquarters | Douala, Cameroon |
Key people | Abdallah Nassar (Chief Executive Officer) |
Products | Mobile Networks, Telecom services, etc |
Revenue | 40 Million US dollars (2016)[1] |
Website | vodafone |
Vodafone Cameroon was anLTEInternet service provider operating in Cameroon whose services in Cameroon ended on 10 November 2017.[2] It was a subsidiary of Afrimax. The company was formed through a non-equity Partner Market agreement between Vodafone and Afrimax Group. It launched in 2016 in Cameroon's two largest cities,Douala andYaounde. Plans to extend services to all 10 regions of Cameroon, through a network sharing agreement with Cameroon Telecommunications (CAMTEL), were announced in 2017.[3][4]
Vodafone Cameroon was the first LTE service provider in the Cameroontelecommunications market. At the end of 2016, less than four months after launching, Vodafone had roughly 15,000 customers.[1] Vodafone Cameroon then represented more than 80% of the telecom market in Cameroon.[citation needed]
On 14 September 2017, Vodafone Cameroon was required to withdraw Internet services until further notice following a notification from the Telecommunications Regulatory Board.[4] On 10 November 2017 the company made an official statement about their activities being closed in Cameroon.