Having invested over Rf 3 billion, we are a major owner of infrastructure in the Maldives, and we continue to invest heavily in developing the telecommunications infrastructure of the country.
- 1988 - Dhivehi RaajjeygeGulhun Private Limited was incorporated and registered in the
Maldives.
- 1995 - Installation of Satellite Earth Station and a telephone exchange in Seenu Atoll to provide
telecommunications between the atolls in the far south to the rest of the country.
- 1995 to 1999- Implementation of the ‘National Telephone Network Rollout Program’, which
linked all inhabited islands by providing telephone access
- 1996 - Introduction of internet services.
- 1999- Introduction of GSM mobile service.
- 2002- Introduction of Broadband ADSL Internet service.
- 2006- Implementation of a cable link between Sri Lanka and the Maldives jointly with Sri Lanka
Telecom.
- 2007-Implementation of a Domestic submarine cable across the one-and-half degree channel.
- 2008- Provided 100% mobile coverage to all inhabited islands, resorts and major industrial
islands.
- 2008- Dhiraagu’s operating licence was extended for a further 15 years.
- 2009 - Dhiraagu began rolling out its 3G network.
- 2011-This year Dhiraagu launched the first phase of its high-speed network rollout programme.
The Company signed a contract with NEC Corporation for the deployment of a domestic
submarine cable network across the Maldives to provide access to high speed internet services
to Atolls.
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