Nationwide MoovCote d’Ivoire cellular operator Moov has launched the country’s first national mobile network after teaming up with satellite phone operator Thuraya. The Moovsatellite service will offer mobile coverage in areas which are not currently served by Moov’s own GSM network. Moov, a subsidiary of Etisalat’s African division Atlantique Telecom, is the third largest of Cote d’Ivoire’s three cellular operators, claiming around 28% of the country’s 7.4 million mobile subscribers at the end of March 2008. Besides Cote d’Ivoire Atlantique Telecom has operations in Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Gabon, Niger and Togo.
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