Company type | Private |
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Industry | Telecommunications |
Founded | 2003 |
Headquarters | Afghanistan |
Key people | Karim Khoja, CEO |
Products | GSM |
Parent | AKFED |
Website | www |
Roshan (Persian: روشن) is a telecommunications development company located in Afghanistan. It is provides services to 6 million subscribers and a network that covers at least one city in every province of Afghanistan.[1]
In October 2017, a cooperation with the Wikimedia Foundation that had already begun on September 29, 2017, was announced, which was intended to provide customers with free access to Wikipedia and its sister projects, so no data volume would be charged for connections for this purpose.[2][3][4][5] The cooperation was part of the Wikipedia Zero project, which was discontinued by the Wikimedia Foundation in February 2018.[6][7][8] Accordingly, the existing agreement with Roshan expired on December 15, 2018, without renewal.
Roshan was originally founded under the ownership of the following companies:[9][10][11]
The investments were held through the Telecom Development Company of Afghanistan B.V., based in Amsterdam, which holds 100% of the shares of the Telecom Development Company of Afghanistan Ltd.
In July 2004, Alcatel sold its 5% stake, distributing 3.25% to MCT and 1.75% to MTI.[14]
As of July 31, 2020, TeliaSonera sold its 12.25% stake,[15][16] and Monaco Telecom sold its 36.75% stake,[17] each to AKFED, making it the sole owner.
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