Mobiltel
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| Type | joint stock company |
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| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters | Sofia, Bulgaria |
| Key people | Josef Vinatzer, CEO |
| Industry | mobile telecommunications |
| Products | mobile telephony, Internet services |
| Revenue |  €583.8 million (2006) [1] |
| Website | http://www.mtel.bg |
Mobiltel, commonly known as M-tel, is the first and largest mobile phone operator in Bulgaria, founded in 1994. The company had a market share of about 58% and 3,000,000 clients in September 2004. On 14 September 2006 M-tel reached 4,000,000 clients.
The operator has been owned by Mobilkom Austria Group since July 2005, when it was acquired for up to €1.6 billion in one of Eastern Europe's largest deals and one of the largest foreign investments in Austria's history. On 22 February 2006, the company signed a partner network agreement with Vodafone. Mobiltel was the first Bulgarian operator to offer EDGE, UMTS and HSDPA services to its clients, with video telephony services being available since 6 March 2006 in the capital Sofia and since mid-July 2006 throughout the Bulgarian Black Sea resorts [2].
The company is the official sponsor of Bulgarian football club PFC Levski Sofia. Since 2005, the company also organizes the strong annual M-tel Masters chess tournament, which is attended by six of the world's best International Grandmasters.
[edit] External links
- Official website (in Bulgarian)
- Official website (in English)
| Mobile network operators in Bulgaria |  |
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| Mobiltel | GloBul | Vivatel | |
