Country/Region
Company Name
HiTS-UNiTEL S.A.
Ownership Type
Joint Venture
Website
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Company Overview
HiTS-UNiTEL, trading as "Y", is a mobile carrier operating in Yemen. The company was awarded the country's third GSM operator licence in 2005, beginning operations in 2007. Saudi-based House for Integrated Technology Systems (HITS) and Unitel, a joint venture between China Mobile and a group of Yemeni and Arab businessmen, merged to form HiTS-UNiTEL.
The company operates a standard 2G GSM mobile network over the 900 MHz band. Due to decades of poor economic conditions and ongoing sectarian conflict there are no 3G or 4G services available in Yemen.