Gamtel

Mobile Phones & Telecom

Banjul, Gambia

Gamtel is the primary provider of telecommunications services in the Gambia, The company is a state owned, limited liability company, with the Gambia government owning 99% of shares and Gambia National Insurance Company (GNIC) owning 1% of shares. The Company has steadily created a modern efficient network infrastructure, using state-of -the -art technology in order to respond to the increasing demand of a dynamic market. Gamtel has grown swiftly into one of Gambia's leading enterprises recording an annual turnover of D417.8 million for the year ending 2001 and expecting an estimated figure of D419million for the year ending 2002.

During the 25 years of operations Gamtel have achieved and hit countless number of targets. Among its latest ventures was the introduction of integrated service digital network (ISDN), virtual private network (VPN), Internet Service Provider (ISP), electronic banking (E-BANKING) and still on the pipeline is electronic education (E-LEARNING) and electronic commerce (E-COMMERCE). All this hard work and tireless efforts comes down to one thing and one thing alone: to provide a complete range of communications services, based on market demand, at the lowest possible cost to the customers and using the most modern and effective technology.

Gamtel has also introduced a very attractive COOPERATE WELFARE SCHEME covering medical, travel insurance, pensions, injury compensation, staff loans, and a credit union which function as a cooperative savings bank by providing facilities and access to loans with very reasonable interest rates.