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'''Wafa Telecom'''({{lang-ar|وفا تيليكوم▼
}}) is the third mobile operator in Syria. Besides [[Syriatel]] and [[MTN Syria]].▼
| name = Wafa Telecom
| native_name = وفا تيليكوم
| native_name_lang = ar
| hq_location = Abd Al-Rahman Shahbander Street
| hq_location_city = [[Damascus]]
| website = {{URL|wafa-telecom.com/en/}}
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▲'''Wafa Telecom'''({{lang-ar|وفا تيليكوم
▲}}) is the third mobile operator in Syria.
They were granted mobile license in 2022.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Syria awards third mobile telecoms licence to Wafa -state media |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/syria-awards-third-mobile-telecoms-licence-wafa-state-media-2022-02-21/}}</ref>
They have the exclusive rights to operate 5G. And they were the first operator to test it in Syria.<ref>{{Cite web |last=عربي |first=سبوتنيك |date=20230608T0930+0000 |title=بحضور نجل الرئيس الأسد...إطلاق تقنية "جي 5" للمرة الأولى في سوريا... صور وفيديو |url=https://sarabic.ae/20230608/%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B6%D9%88%D8%B1-%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%AF%D8%A5%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%AA%D9%82%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AC%D9%8A-5-%D9%84%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84%D9%89-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1--1077876359.html |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=سبوتنيك عربي |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The first 5G test in Syria – Wafa |url=https://wafa-telecom.com/en/the-first-5g-test-in-syria/ |access-date=2024-07-05 |language=en-US}}</ref>
== History ==
According to Syrian Official Gazette, Wafa was established as a company in 2017 with a stated capital of 10 billion Syrian Pounds (SYP).<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=JI |first=enab04 |date=2021-06-20 |title=Wafa Telecom: Asma al-Assad pulling the rug out from under Rami Makhlouf |url=https://english.enabbaladi.net/archives/2021/06/wafa-telecom-asma-al-assad-pulling-the-rug-out-from-under-rami-makhlouf/ |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=Enab Baladi |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Ownership ==
Reuters reported that Influential businessmen with close ties to government officials are key investors in the company are the owners<ref name=":0" />
According to an OOCRP investigation revealed a connection between Wafa and Iranian revolutionary guard. Through a malayasian intermediary company.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sabbagh |first=Rana |last2=Dihmis |first2=Lara |last3=Shahrour |first3=Sami |last4=Shaar |first4=Karam |last5=Dziadosz |first5=Alexander |last6=Greenwald |first6=Jacob |date=2022-12-09 |title=Syria’s Newest Mobile Operator Has A Hidden Link to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard |url=https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/syrias-newest-mobile-operator-has-a-hidden-link-to-irans-revolutionary-guard |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=OCCRP |language=en}}</ref>▼
7al reproted that it could be linked to Asmaa al assad. <ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=محمد |first=عبير |date=2021-11-13 |title="وفا تيليكوم" بديل "سيريتل".. السيطرة لأسماء الأسد؟ |url=https://7al.net/2021/11/13/%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7-%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%AA%D8%B3%D8%AF%D8%AF-%D8%B1%D8%A3%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D8%A7-%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A3-%D8%A3%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84/aber_mo/news/ |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=الحل نت |language=ar}}</ref>
▲According to an [[Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project|OOCRP]] investigation revealed a connection between Wafa and Iranian revolutionary guard. Through a malayasian
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