Batelco
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| Company type | Bahraini Shareholding Company (B.S.C) |
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| BHSE:BEYON | |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | 1981 |
| Headquarters | , Bahrain |
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| Products | |
| Services | Integrated Communications |
| Revenue |  $1.127billion(2023)[1] |
| $275.9million(2023)[1] | |
| $191million(2023)[1] | |
| Total assets | $3.01billion(2023)[1] |
Number of employees | 936 (2022) |
| Subsidiaries | |
| Website | batelco |
Bahrain Telecommunication Company BSC,trading asBatelco(Arabic:بتلكو), is the principal telecommunications company inBahrain.The company's headquarters are in Bahrain and the company is listed on theBahrain Bourse.TheChairman of the Boardis Abdulla Bin Khalifa Al Khalifa.
It provides services for mobiles through UMTS 2100 and LTE 1800 (the GSM network was shut down on 31 December 2019[2]) while its residential Internet is anADSL,Wireless (4G/5G) orFTTHservice. Batelco is one of Bahrain's fiveInternet service providers.
Ownership
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Batelco was established in 1981 as a Bahraini public joint stock company and has an authorized share capital of BD200 million (US$531 million).
Batelco's major shareholders include Orascom Investment Holding (60%) and the Government of Bahrain (through Mumtalakat Holding Company, Amber Holding Company and Social Insurance Organisation; 40%), various financial and commercial organizations, and private Bahraini, Gulf Cooperation Council countries (GCC) and international investors.
Employees
[edit]Batelco employs approximately 936 people in Bahrain. Mikkel Vinter is the current chief executive officer of Batelco.
See also
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[edit]- ^abcd"Beyon's 2023 revenue soars to $1.1bn; net profit up 2pc".tradearabia. 28 February 2024.Retrieved24 March2022.
- ^"Batelco to shut down 2G network".TeleGeography. 18 October 2019.Retrieved22 December2020.
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