Telma: the telecommunication giant got its international link

Telma’s national backbone’s lack of suitable international high speed transfer is history. The EASSY cable is finally connected to Tulear. Technical sets up are the next step prior to the enrichment of available offers. Telma is part of a financial group which supplied no less than 200 millions of US dollars to install a fiber optic link  all along the African coast. Telma’s contribution has, however, been relatively modest for still having to install some 4500 miles of fiber optic lines throughout the Great Isle. “Telma invested some 70 million dollars in this project, a amount which owes it a respectable rank within the telecommunication investments’ chart’s to 5 in Africa “, declared CEO Patrick Pizal Hamida. 

Following the restricted national impact of the Lion fiber optic cable linked to the SAFE network, merryments have been moderate when welcoming EASSY. “2010 are the year of Madagascar’s numeric independence”, claimed Telma’s CEO. According to Patrick Pizal-Hamida, this new network is matching the country’s communication capacity as well as every Internet service provider. Merging contesting networks is, for the time being, still an official taboo issue, even if offers are stealthly popping up back and forth. Telma scored a good point when ignoring Orange’s Lion, though operational six months earlier. While the telecommunication world company is still proposing quite expensive high speed offers, the Malagasy national and historical operator launched a very much competitive wireless 3G+ offer. 

Telma’s genuine success key is the fusion with Madagascar’s first ever Internet Service Provided, Data Telecom Service. The ISP would have run times for France Telecom, via France Câble Radio, times for Distacom. The state has a 49% minor share. After Distacom’s sell of 2% of its shares to a real estate sector’s operator, absolute majority within Telma does no more exist. When Patrick Pizal Hamida left DTS top seat for Telma’s one, the fusion between both operators was halfway around. Competition led advantages might certainly be slightly dull for customers, but the Malagasy state is, on the other hand, likely to appear satisfied as one of the country’s telecommunication operator’s shareholder. The government’s very reluctance on drafting a law on telecommunication to manage the post privatization market is actually being denounced by various other operators. Telma would always be privileged.