Mascom Wireless Proprietary Limited, is a Botswana mobile telecommunications company. Its head office is in
Gaborone.[1] It was established in Gaborone, Botswana on February 17, 1998.[2]
Until 2003,
Portugal Telecom owned a controlling stake in the company.[6][7] In 2005, MTN Group purchased a 44% stake in Mascom for $128 million.[8]
In 2016, Dzene Makhwade-Seboni was appointed Chief Operations Officer and became CEO of the company in 2019.[9]
It provides the widest coverage in Botswana, reaching over 95% of the population.[10]
Services
Internet
Mascom offers users mobile internet via
EDGE,
3G,
4G and
4.5G, 4G wingle. Mascom also offer internet service via FTTH (Fiber To The Home). On the 25th of February 2022, Mascom has been the first mobile telecommunication to introduce
5G on four different places around
Gaborone.[citation needed]
Gallery of the WTISD 2017 Masunga, North East District
Mascom wireless participated at the annual World telecommunications and information society day 2017.