Lycamobile to Launch in Tunisia as its Global Network Reaches 20 Countries

LONDON, October 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --

Lycamobile, the world's biggest international mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), is to launch its service in Tunisia, the 20^th country in its international network.

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Tunisians will soon be able to benefit from Lycamobile's low-cost rates for international and domestic calls, as well as data services. Lycamobile's proposition will particularly appeal to Tunisians looking to call friends and family abroad. The size of Tunisia's diaspora around the world was estimated at more than 1.2m people in 2012, including over 660,000 Tunisians resident in France, 189,000 in Italy and 86,000 in Germany.*

After significant investment in recent decades, the North African country has one of the most well-developed telecoms infrastructures in the region. As a result Tunisia has some of the highest take-up rates of any country in Africa, with a mobile penetration rate of 132% and an internet penetration rate of 49%.**

Founded with a mission to connect friends and family around the world, Lycamobile has grown quickly to serve 14 million customers around the world, including the UK, US and Australia.

Lycamobile chairman Subaskaran Allirajah commented: "Tunisia is one of the best-developed countries in Africa from a telecoms perspective, and it has a large diaspora concentrated in Europe. Those factors make it a natural market for us to open as we continue our international expansion, following on from our launches in Romania and Hong Kong earlier in 2015."

For further information: http://www.lycamobile.com

* Tunisian government statistics, 2012: http://www.ote.nat.tn/fileadmin/user_upload/doc/Repartition_de_la_communaute_tunisienne_a_l_etranger__2012.pdf

** July 2014 figures: http://www.budde.com.au/Research/Tunisia-Telecoms-Mobile-and-Broadband-Market-Insights-and-Statistics.html

About Lycamobile 

Lycamobile's mission is to connect friends and family around the world. As the world's biggest international mobile virtual network operator (MVNO), Lycamobile provides low-cost, high-quality data and voice services to over 14m customers across 20 countries. It is now expanding to offer a broad range of financial and travel services, including Lycamoney and Lycafly, that help people stay in touch across borders. Founded in 2006 and with a turnover of €1.5bn in 2014, Lycamobile continues to grow rapidly and now welcomes a new customer to its family every two seconds.

Lycamobile is available in: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, the UK and the USA.

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