A mobile network operator serving subscribers across West African markets - acquired, restructured and returned to operational health under Monty Holding.
In 2015 Mountasser Hachem led the group's acquisition of Comium, a distressed West African mobile carrier.
It was - and remains - the only full mobile network operator within Monty Holding.
Under the group's stewardship the business has been operationally restored, its network upgraded from 2G to 4G+ in just six months, and expanded as a serious regional carrier.
4G+
Network
2015
Acquired
6
Months to upgrade
Gambia
Primary Market
Comium is Mountasser Hachem's most visible statement of intent - proof that a Beirut-founded group can operate a mobile network in the most demanding frontier markets, and do it better than those who abandoned it.
Comium is a fully-fledged mobile network operator - voice, data, roaming and value-added services on owned spectrum.
What Comium Does
Founder’s Vision
Comium was the opposite of a trophy acquisition. It was a business in pain in a region the rest of the industry had walked away from.
We bought it because we believed the engineering, the spectrum and the subscribers deserved a second chance - and because we believed we were the right operator to give it to them.
- Mountasser Hachem, Founder & Chairman
