MTN Cote d'Ivoire, a privately owned company headquartered in Cote d'Ivoire and a subsidiary of MTN Group, operates with approximately 2,150 employees. The company specializes in telecoms, forming part of the multinational telecommunications group, MTN Group. The MTN Group, which launched in 1994, operates across 22 countries in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, encompassing Afghanistan, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Cyprus, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Guinea Republic, Iran, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of Congo (Congo Brazzaville), Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, South Sudan, Swaziland, Syria, Uganda, Yemen, and Zambia. As of 30 September 2012, the MTN Group reported 189.3 million subscribers across its operations.