Omnitel
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| Industry | Mobile network operator, Internet services operator |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1991 |
| Founder | Juozas P. Kazickas and Viktoras Gediminas Gruodis |
| Headquarters | Vilnius, Lithuania |
Area served | Lithuania |
Key people | Dan Strömberg, President |
| Revenue |
550,000,000 LTL ($263 million) [1] |
| Owner | TeliaSonera AB - 100% |
Number of employees | 660 (2011)[2] |
| Parent | TeliaSonera |
| Divisions | none |
| Slogan | Pirmiausia - Jūs |
| Website |
www |
Omnitel, a member of TeliaSonera group, is one of the largest telecommunication companies in the Baltic states—Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania.
In Lithuania, it has over 2 million customers and more than one-third of the mobile revenue market.[3]
History
Founded in 1991 by Juozas Kazickas as Litcom, Omnitel was Lithuania's first private telecommunications company. In August 2004, Omnitel was acquired by TeliaSonera.[4]
Omnitel was the first network operator in Lithuania to launch GSM services (in 1995) and one of the first companies in Europe having introduced packet data transfer technology GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) in its network. Omnitel, the first in Lithuania to start the commercial 3G services in 2006, which was followed by the highest speed mobile internet HSDPA.
References
- ↑ "2011 IV ketvirtis", Omnitel
- ↑ "Omnitel (Lithuania): "Creating a family friendly work environment in the company"". European Commission. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ↑ http://www.omnitel.lt/apie-omnitel/apie-bendrove/apie-bendrove/bendroves-aprasymas/730
- ↑ "TeliaSonera acquires Omnitel entirely". The Baltic Times. August 26, 2004.
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