Angola Telecom - Cell Phones Angola

History
Angola Telecom is a Public Company, established by Decree no 10/92, dated 6 March 1992, as result of the merger of two former parastatals, enatel and eptel.

EPTEL (Empresa P?blica de Telecomunica¡?es) was established by Decree no 95/76, dated 23 December 1976, as result of the acquisition by the State of the Portuguese company R?dio Marconi, which operated the international traffic to and from Angola.

EPTEL started its activities in 1977 as a public operator of international telecommunications while the then Directorate of Post and Telecommunications (Direc¡Ño dos Servi¡os de Correios e Telecomunica¡?es) continued to operate the domestic services.

ENATEL (Empresa Nacional de Telecomunica¡?es), was established by Decree no 17/80 on 13 February 1980, by separation from the previously mentioned Directorate of Post and Telecommunications, which also led to the establishment of the Angola Post Office.

Therefore, as from 1980 until the creation of Angola Telecom, telecommunications in Angola was the responsibility of two state-owned operators; eptel, responsible for international communications and enatel, for domestic communications.

Angola Telecom in Angola
Angola Telecom, the Telecommunications Company of Angola, is the principal telecommunications company in Angola. It is the Angolan entity with the highest national and international presence. It offers a diversified product portfolio in which quality and innovation are the hallmark.

Vision
To turn Angola Telecom into a successful company, by providing the Angolan society with telecommunications services of international standard for the social and economic development and the welfare of the Angolan people.

Mission
To offer the Angolan society the possibility to communicate and to get information all over the country, with a fair relation between quality and price.

Criteria of Performance
Angola Telecom espouses the following criteria of performance:

Full satisfaction of the expectations of the client;
Respect for public interest;
Respect for the competition;
Respect for the safety of persons and property and the protection of the environment;
Valuing and dignifying its human resource;
Adequate return on the companyÌs invested capital;
Maintenance of the institutional solidarity and social responsibility;
Conduct business in according to the highest ethical standards;
Support to development and innovation in the area of telecommunications;