'Mobiltel', commonly known as 'M-tel', is the first and largest GSM
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. As of
May 2006 the company has 4,400,000 subscribers and its market share fell to 51,1%. Its contract customers increased to 1,7 mln, while the profit per customer dropped to 9,9 euro for Q1 2007.
[2].
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
[3].
The company provides sending free SMS mesages to its customers from the internet.
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.
External links
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Official website (in Bulgarian)
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Official website (in English)
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Free SMS to Mobiltel (in English)