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{{CompanyInfo|
| logo =
| logo = SotelmaLogo.png
| type =
| type = Private
| industry =
| industry = Telecommunications,Registry
| founded =
| founded = 1989
| founders =
| founders =
| ownership =
| ownership = The Moroccan telecommunications group (2008)
| headquarters =
| headquarters = Society of Mali's Telecommunications<br>
| country =
BP: 740 Bamako, Mali
| businesses =
| country = Mali
| businesses = Malitel
| products =
| products =
| employees =
| employees = 1001-5000
| revenue =
| revenue = MAD 17 million (2010),<br>
| website =
MAD 112 million (March 2011)
| website = [http://www.malitel.ml/accueil malitel]
| blog =
| blog =
| facebook =
| facebook = [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sotelma/109305979087604 Sotelma]
| linkedin =
| linkedin = [http://fi.linkedin.com/company/sotelma Sotelma]
| twitter =
| twitter =
| keypeople =
| keypeople = [[Aboubacar Cisse]],Technical contact<br>
[[Noureddine Boumzebra]], Director General<br>
[[Dioukamady Sissoko]], Secretary General<br>
[[Sidi Mohamed Naim]], CFO<br>
[[Sidi Ali Zacour]], Sales Director<br>
[[Gaoussou Maiga]], Director Infrastructure<br>
[[Jacques Bertha]], Director Human Resources
}}
}}
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'''Sotelma''' is Mali-based telecommunication company. It provides local, international and mobile telephone services as well as internet services.<ref>[http://www.malitel.ml/decouvrir/historique&usg=ALkJrhhZ-pRoXbX9nfkyNjACSOOtRFSi8A malitel]</ref> It is the official [[ICANN]] accredited registrar for [[.ml]] domain names, which began giving away free domains through [[Freenom]] in 2013.<ref name="businesswire">[http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130407005038/en/Mali-.ML-Domain-Names-Free Mali Gives Away Its .ML Domain Names for Free], BusinessWire. Published 2013 April 7. Retrieved 2015 September 9.</ref><ref>[http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/ml.html iana]</ref> As a mobile operator Sotelma is the second largest in the area, [[ikatel]] being the first.<ref>[http://store.businessmonitor.com/article/228894 businessmoniter]</ref> Sotelma has 70,000 GSM subscribers, 60,000 of which are pre-paid.<ref>[http://www.balancingact-africa.com/news/en/issue-no-170/top-story/mali-special-competi/en balancingact-africa]</ref>
The Moroccan telecommunications group bought 51% shares of Sotelma for 275 million euros in 2008.<ref>[http://www.globserver.com/en/press/moroccos-maroc-telecom-acquires-51-stake-malis-sotelma globserver]</ref>
== Second-level domains (Closed or Restricted Registration) ==
Registrations are at the third level beneath these names:
* '''.net.ml''': Internet providers
* '''.org.ml''': Associations (must show registration); international organizations permitted, but must be registered with the local administration
* '''.edu.ml''': Local schools
* '''.gov.ml''': Governmental organisations
* '''.presse.ml'''<ref>[http://www.domaines.presse.ml]Domaines .presse.ml
</ref>: Local press
== Privatization ==
Its privatization started in 2008 by the government of Mali. The shares are divided as:
* 51% for The Moroccan telecommunications group.<ref>[http://www.cellular-news.com/story/36276.php cellular-news]</ref>
* 20% retained by the government.
* 10% for employees.
* 19% sold by public offer.<ref>[http://www.itu.int/ituweblogs/treg/Mali+Sotelma+To+Be+Privatized.aspx itu]</ref>
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