Moldcell

Moldcell
Type JSC
Industry Mobile telecommunications
Founded 2000
Headquarters Chişinău, Moldova
Key people Chiril Gaburici
Website www.moldcell.md

Moldcell is a mobile network operator in Moldova. It works in GSM and UMTS standards.

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General information

Communication standard: Moldcell has a license to work in GSM standard on frequencies from 900 to 1800 MHz as well as in UMTS standard on frequency of 2100 MHz.[1]

Moldcell started its operations in Moldova in April 2000 having launched a new phase in the development of mobile communication sector in Moldova. Moldcell shareholders are: MolFintur SRL holding 1% of the shares and Fintur Holdings BV owning 99% of the shares. By means of Moldcell Fintur marks one of its successful accomplishments on the market of Eastern Europe.

Moldcell is a dynamic GSM operator that aims to satisfy its customers through high quality services and products in Moldova.

The high tech infrastructure and equipment, qualified human resources as well as the shareholders's experience and support make it possible for Moldcell to provide the right services to every segment on the market.

As for May 1st 2011, Moldcell network is available to 97.35% of population on 96.81% of the territory of Moldova.

Moldcell was the first operator in the Republic of Moldova that started providing such services as SMS, Roaming for prepaid packages and per-second charging, WAP/Internet Access, GPRS, EDGE and 3G, which means innovative approach for the benefit of GSM users.

Moldcell offers products and services to its customers by means of a developed sales network on the entire territory of the Republic.

Numbering resources:[2]
Moldcell network codes are:

0780xxxxx
0781xxxxx
0782xxxxx
0783xxxxx
0784xxxxx
0788xxxxx
079xxxxxx

Internationally they have the form:

+373780xxxxx
+373781xxxxx
+373782xxxxx
+373783xxxxx
+373784xxxxx
+373788xxxxx
+37379xxxxxx

Network code: 259 02, where 259 — Mobile Country Code (MCC) for Moldova, and 02 — Mobile Network Code (MNC) for Moldcell network.

Display on the phone screen: MD Moldcell, Moldcell, MD-02 or 259 02 in dependence from the phone type.

History

Moldcell begun its activity in Moldova on April 28, 2000. With its launch in Moldova, Moldcell introduced the first prepaid package (Alocard), as well as services such as SMS, MMS, Call ME etc., and advanced technologies like GPRS/EDGE and Camel.
On October 1, 2008 Moldcell launched its own 3.5G network, providing such services as high-speed mobile internet with speeds up to 7.2Mbps, Video call and Mobile TV.
On April 27, 2010 Moldcell changed its theme colors and logo.

Ownership

According to the information posted on its official site, Moldcell is owned by[3]:

Partnership

Moldcell signed an agreement with ezetop to provide the sale of international mobile phone top-up to the Diaspora around the world. Top-up will be sold via ezetop’s retail distribution network, the largest in the world, and online at their website, ezetop.[4]

Statistics data

Q1 2010:

During the years Moldcell received prizes like:

Services

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References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ Numbering plan
  3. ^ "Moldcell: About Company"
  4. ^ [2]

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