Sudatel Telecom Group, LTD

telecommunications began in sudan in 1859, using wired communications in swakin town on the red sea coast, eastern sudan; it was there that britain established a line to link the sudan to its other colonized countries in central and northern africa. sudatel was established on 13th september 1993, operations began on 1st february 1994. sudatel is a publicly traded company with 893,915,388 shares (at the end of 2008), $2.5 billion authorized capital, $893,915.388 paid capital and more than 10,000 shareholders.