CYTA

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CY.T.A.
(Cyprus Telecommunications Authority)
Type public utility
Founded 1961
Headquarters Cyprus
Area served Cyprus
Industry Telecoms
Products Telephone
Cable television
Broadband
Mobile phone
Operating income CYP £230,450,000 (2005) [1]
Employees 2,500 (2005)
Website http://www.cyta.com.cy/
This article is about the Cyprus Telecommunication Authority. For the ICAO airport code listing see Pembroke Airport.

CYTA (short for CYprus Telecommunication Authority) or ATHK (Αρχή Τηλεπικοινωνιών Κύπρου in Greek) is the national telecommunications provider of Cyprus and the main operator of phone, Internet and mobile communications (CytaMobile, a Vodafone'network partner') in Cyprus.

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[edit] Services

The company covers the whole country with digital PSTN and ISDN telephone lines and also offers ADSL in all urban areas. Cyta is a group of companies owning an ISP (Cytanet), a mobile phone company (Cytamobile -Vodafone) and many other companies including CYTA International Investments.

[edit] Fixed telephony

Cyta has a virtual monopoly on fixed line telephony with an extensive penetration.[2]

[edit] Mobile Telephony

Cyta introduced NMT mobile telephony to the island in the late 1980s. NMT was phased out with the introduction of GSM technology. Mobile telephony services were rebranded CytaMobile and in 2004 forged a partnership with Vodafone.[3]

[edit] Television

In 2004 Cyta launched MiVision a television platform based on broadband IPTV.

[edit] Subsidiaries

  • Cyta UK [2] Telephony services in the United Kingdom
  • GytaGlobal Hellas [3] Telephony services in Greece
  • Cytacom [4] Networking solutions
  • EmporionPlaza [5] e-commerce services
  • Iris [6]
  • Digimed Communications
  • Cyta Hellas (website coming soon)


On many occasions Cyta has been subpoena to huge amounts of fines by the Commission for the Protection of Competition and by the Commissioner of Electronic Communications and Postal Regulation for antimonopoly practices. Many alleged illegal takeovers have also been investigated recently (ref. secret agreements of CYTA miVision and Lumier TV, investigation is undergoing by the Cyprus Parliament){[7]}. It has been accused and fined on aggressive antimonopoly behaviour against other rival internet service providers, lease intenet lines (Callsat Telecom Vs CYTA invicted by the Commission){[8]}, mobile phone providers, rival phone hotlines and helplines, fined for huge over profits (81 million in 2000) and many more{[9]}.

CYTA was fined and ordered to return (in 2000 81 million and today at least 380 million) to customers (since 2000) but since today has failed to do so. The estimated profit after miVision & LTV takeover yearly 200-300 million skyrocketing the yearly cash flow of the company to 700 million{[10]}.

Also, the General Director has failed to provide access to his company email and its history to commissioner which CYTA is being fined 5000 pounds daily. The commissioner is expected to proceed to a confiscation of the email history{[11]}.

Cyta was one of the first ADSL providers in Europe and became one of the last in services after very poor investments of their huge over profits[citation needed].

[edit] References

  1. ^ 2005 Annual Report [1]
  2. ^ "Government in Cyprus liberalizes to join EU", Taipei Times, Friday, Nov 30, 2001, pp. 19. Retrieved on 2008-01-20. 
  3. ^ "Vodafone welcomes Cyprus to its global community", UNI global union, 20/02/2004. Retrieved on 2008-01-20. 
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