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Vodacom Lesotho. In July 2000, Sekha-Metsi Consortium, a group of local business people and public figures, was announced as the successful bidder. Sekha-Metsi now holds a 12% share in Vodacom Lesotho with the remaining share held by Vodacom Group.
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320:: 88,602 users, 170th in the world; 4.6% of the population, 189th in the world (2012).
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In 2008 Vodacom
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Main lines: 43,100 lines in use, 168th in the world (2012).
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770:"Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012"
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802:"ITU | 2017 Global ICT Development Index"
499:Learn how and when to remove this message
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829:International Telecommunication Union
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358:Internet censorship and surveillance
94:Jeso KE Karabo 105.2FM, Maseru only.
295:via any mobile capable of a simple
260:started operating in 1996 with the
681:"The Post | Telling it Like it is"
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551:United States Department of State
40:List of radio stations in Lesotho
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1037:Democratic Republic of the Congo
933:Lesotho Communications Authority
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76:Thaha-Khube 97.1FM, Maseru only.
843:, Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE,
827:, Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE,
448:"Telecommunications in Lesotho"
424:needs additional citations for
287:mobile service operator to use
100:Soul Radio Internet based Radio
1:
3481:Telecommunications in Lesotho
927:Lesotho Amateur Radio Society
399:Lesotho Amateur Radio Society
85:Ultimate 99.8FM, Maseru only.
82:Moafrica 99.3FM, Maseru only.
28:Telecommunications in Lesotho
2412:Telecommunication portal
2193:Telecommunications equipment
969:Telecommunications in Africa
847:. Retrieved on 29 June 2013.
831:. Retrieved on 29 June 2013.
253:Telecommunications providers
210:Telephone numbers in Lesotho
79:Harvest 98.8FM, Maseru only.
1929:Alexander Stepanovich Popov
887:Central Intelligence Agency
51:Radio stations in Lesotho:
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351:Internet Service Providers
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194:LENA (Lesotho News Agency)
73:(RFI) 95.4FM, Maseru only.
71:Radio France International
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2241:Public Switched Telephone
2053:telecommunication circuit
2014:Fiber-optic communication
1759:Francis Blake (telephone)
1554:Optical telecommunication
921:LEO domain name registrar
582:"Communications: Lesotho"
222:International call prefix
127:. Sandbox Learning Family
97:Joy 106.9FM, Maseru only.
2528:Central African Republic
2152:Orbital angular-momentum
1589:Satellite communications
1428:Communications satellite
1022:Central African Republic
661:www.world-newspapers.com
603:www.world-newspapers.com
536:(Archived 2014 edition.)
183:Informative News website
3014:Palestinian territories
2031:Molecular communication
1854:Gardiner Greene Hubbard
1683:Undersea telegraph line
1418:Cable protection system
238:Satellite earth station
118:TV stations in Lesotho:
91:Catholic radio 103.3FM.
3184:YouTube video blocking
3135:Bosnia and Herzegovina
2173:Communication protocol
1959:Charles Sumner Tainter
1774:Walter Houser Brattain
1719:Edwin Howard Armstrong
1527:Information revolution
547:public domain material
519:public domain material
277:Econet Telecom Lesotho
164:Public Eye newspaper,
88:Kereke Evangel, 102FM.
60:Radio Lesotho 93.3FM,
2147:Polarization-division
1879:Narinder Singh Kapany
1844:Erna Schneider Hoover
1764:Jagadish Chandra Bose
1744:Alexander Graham Bell
1475:online video platform
1182:SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe
1042:Republic of the Congo
630:www.allyoucanread.com
262:Government of Lesotho
173:Lesotho Times website
54:Radio Lesotho 1050AM.
18:Television in Lesotho
3074:United Arab Emirates
1989:Vladimir K. Zworykin
1949:Almon Brown Strowger
1919:Charles Grafton Page
1574:Prepaid mobile phone
1502:Electrical telegraph
657:"Lesotho Newspapers"
599:"Lesotho Newspapers"
433:improve this article
379:freedom of the press
2856:Trinidad and Tobago
1939:Johann Philipp Reis
1698:Wireless revolution
1660:The Telephone Cases
1517:Hydraulic telegraph
1257:States with limited
157:Main newspapers in
113:Television stations
3408:South African Rand
3393:Economy of Lesotho
2781:Dominican Republic
2137:Frequency-division
2114:Telephone exchange
1984:Charles Wheatstone
1914:Jun-ichi Nishizawa
1889:Innocenzo Manzetti
1824:Reginald Fessenden
1559:Optical telegraphy
1392:Telecommunications
880:The World Factbook
862:2009-05-13 at the
775:2017-03-29 at the
525:The World Factbook
387:hatred or contempt
333:Wireless broadband
289:ForgetMeNot Africa
181:Informative News,
166:Public Eye website
140:Lesotho Television
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1859:Internet pioneers
1724:Mohamed M. Atalla
1693:Whistled language
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1979:Thomas A. Watson
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