Telenor Serbia

Telenor d.o.o.
Теленор д.о.о.

Type	Ltd.
Industry	Telecommunication
Founded	1994
Headquarters	Belgrade, Serbia
Key people	Kjell-Morten Johnsen (CEO); Goran Vasić (CCA); Øystein Mikkelsen (CTO); Jelena Šutić (CHRO); Gábor Kocsis (CFO); Sandra Štajner (CCO) num_employees = 1,180
Products	UMTS, HSDPA, W-CDMA, EDGE, GPRS, GSM
Revenue	€359 million EUR (2009)
Website	www.telenor.rs

Telenor Serbia (legal name: Telenor d.o.o.)^[1], subsidiary of Norwegian company Telenor, is the second largest Serbian mobile network operator.

According to its most recent annual financial report submitted to the Serbian Economic Register Agency, the company has 1,102 employees and it posted an annual profit of RSD 6,459,361,000 (approximately €80.7 million at the time) for the calendar year 2007.^[2]

History

Telenor Serbia HQ in Novi Beograd

Originally launched in 1994 as Mobtel, the company's operation was a joint venture founded in 1994 between Moscow-based BK Trade and government-owned PTT .

The first NMT network was announced on December 31, 1994. The signal covered major urban areas and highway routes - 60% of Serbia's inhabited territory and 12% of Serbia's land area. This service is not commercial anymore. The MSISDN Network Code was 061 (international: +381 61); this code is now appointed to Vip Mobile. The GSM network has been in use since 1996.

In 2005 BK Trade sold its shares to a consortium of Austrian investors (through Holdenhurst Holding headed by Martin Schlaff) and the company was renamed Mobi 063. It was purchased by Telenor on July 31, 2006 for €1.513 billion. The Norwegian company outbid such industry heavyweights as TeliaSonera, France Télécom, Deutsche Telekom, Mobilkom Austria, Orascom Telecom and Tele2.^[3]

In January 2010, Telenor Serbia acquired a landline operating licence ending the monoploy held by Telekom Srbija.^[4]

Network information

063 Mobtel Srbija logo (1994-2005)

Telenor Serbia has a license for GSM and UMTS/IMT2000, HSDPA standards for a period of 10 years, starting August 31, 2006.

Telenor Serbia GSM signal covers 95% of Serbia's inhabited territory and 90% of Serbia's land area. The company has more than 1033 active base transceiver stations (BTS) which cover all urban and suburban areas, major highway routes, and tourist centers. It has more than 3 million customers. The IMSI Network Code of Telenor is 220-01 and the MSISDN Network Codes are 062 (international: +381 62), 063 (international: +381 63) and 069 (international: +381 69).

Technology

Telenor Serbia uses 900/1800 Mhz spectrum for GSM network and 2100 Mhz spectrum for 3G network.

Telenor Serbia GSM network supports following technologies: GPRS, EDGE.

Telenor Serbia 3G network supports following technologies: W-CDMA, HSPA and HSPA+.

Telenor Serbia Mobile Broadband (MBB) network currently supports:

• 21 Mbps throughput on Downlink and 5.76 Mbps throughput on Uplink: Belgrade, Novi Sad, Subotica, Pancevo, Zrenjanin, Sombor and Sremska Mitrovica.
• 14.4 Mbps throughput on Downlink and 2 Mbps throughput on Uplink: Vojvodina, Krusevac, Novi Pazar, Cajetina, Ovcar, Cer and Jastrebac
• 7.2/3.6 Mbps throughput on Downlink and 384 Kbps throughput on Uplink: rest of the 3G network

See also

• Telecommunications in Serbia

External links

• Telenor Serbia Official website
• Telenor Group
• Potpisan ugovor o prodaji Mobija 63
• Čiji je "Mobtel"

References

1. ^ Serbian Chamber of Commerce
2. ^ Finasijski izvestaj za 2007
3. ^ TeleGeography (2006-05-16). "Ten bid for Serbia's Mobi 063". http://www.telegeography.com/cu/article.php?article_id=12627. 
4. ^ Telenor gets Serbia's fixed phone license