Congo Telecom is a telecom Anonymous Sole Company having as main shareholder the State.

Its capital is 5200 CFA MF, excluding national coverage project in telecommunications infrastructure in acronym PCN / West Africa Cable System (WACS).

Its mission is to public order in the face to the sole shareholder. While ensuring a return on investment, Congo Telecom develops technologies, infrastructures and telecommunications networks to enable all citizens and businesses to benefit from products and services at lower cost.

Our values

We believe that technology is an economic and social growth driver for the entire country and Africa, but only draws each access. We cultivate the values of responsibility, innovation and solidarity. These should enable us to become the national benchmark and pan-African economic and social progress.

HISTORY

Congo telecom was born from the ruins of the old name SOTELCO (Telecommunications Company of Congo). 

In 1960, on the accession of the Republic of the Congo to independence, Equatorial Office of Posts and Telecommunications (the OEPT ) is dislocated to see if instead create four years later, three structures the first two merged in 1979: 

- The Office of International Telecommunications of Congo (INTELCO) 

- The National Office of Post and Telecommunications (ONPT) 

- The National Savings Bank Branch

Ordinance No. 08-2001 of July 1, 2001 ONPT dissolves and gives birth to two other entities: 

- the Company of Post and Savings of Congo (SOPECO) by Ordinance No. 10-2001 of July 1, 2001 

- the Telecommunications Company of Congo (SOTELCO) by Ordinance No. 11-2001

Two years later, the Presidential Decree of 28 February 2003 applied 3 March 2003 due to a one-man limited company SOTELCO (UAA) with a capital of FCFA 5.2 billion headed by a Director General.

CONGO TELECOM born August 18, 2009 to overcome all the difficulties that hinder its development.

Achievements

Congo is now connected to the information superhighway and communication by optical fiber.

The main achievements may be noted:

- Training of staff for operation and maintenance of systems

- The international release by the sea, as a collocation service, WACS Matombi terminal station receiving the fiber optic cable

- The reception of the equipment needed to build the land back-bone 

NB: a back-bone is the nerve center of a high-speed network. It means the party that supports the heavy traffic, using the fastest technology and high bandwidth over long distances. Small networks (internal to a company or region) are attached to this backbone.

- Bilateral cooperation between the two public telecommunication operators in the DRC and the Republic of Congo has resulted in a cable connection under-river optical fibers.

- Participation in the seminar of ICT under the patronage of His Excellency the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications.

- The creation of a new sales office in downtown Brazzaville.

- The commercialization of new CDMA technology products.