Telenor Serbia

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Telenor d.o.o.

Type	Public
Founded	1994
Headquarters	Belgrade, Serbia
Key people	Stein-Erik Vellan (CEO); David Meneghello (CMO); Christopher Laska (CCA); Øystein Mikkelsen (CTO); Kerstin Thulin (CHRO); Gábor Kocsis (CFO); Sandra Štajner (PR&communications)
Industry	Telecommunication
Products	Wireless telecomunicatios
Employees	960
Slogan	Things can be different
Website	www.telenor.co.yu

Former name and logo: 063 Mobtel Srbija

Telenor Serbia, previously named Mobtel and Mobi 63, is a Serbian wireless telecommunications service provider.

1 History
- 1.1 The Launch Of Mobtel
- 1.2 Recent history
2 Network information
3 Technology
4 External links

[edit] History

[edit] The Launch Of Mobtel

Originally launched in 1995 and named Mobtel, the company's operation was a joint venture founded in 1994 between BK Trade from Moscow and government-owned PTT.

[edit] Recent history

In 2005 BK Trade sold its shares to consortium of Austrian investors (through Holdenhurst Holding headed by Martin Schlaf) and the company was renamed Mobi 063.It was purchased on July 31, 2006 by Telenor for €1,513 billion.

[edit] Network information

The Telenor Serbia have licence for GSM and UMTS/IMT2000 standards for a period of 10 years starting 31 August 2006.

The Telenor Serbia GSM signal covers 95% of Serbia's inhabited territory and 90% of Serbia's land area. The company has 860 active base tranceiver stations (BTS) which cover all urban and suburban areas, major highway routes, and tourist centers. It has around 2,6 million customers. The IMSI Network Code of Telenor is 220-01 and MSISDN Network Codes are 063 (international: +381 63) and 062 (international: +381 62).

The Telenor Serbia NMT signal covers major urban areas and highway routes - 60% Serbia's inhabited territory and 12% of Serbia's land area. MSISDN Network Code is 061 (international: +381 61). This service is not commercial any more.

[edit] Technology

Telenor Serbia GSM currently uses GSM 900/1800, GPRS, EDGE and 3G technologies (3G is for testing purposes only, available in the downtown of Belgrade).