Vipnet
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| Type | Public |
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| Industry | Wireless services Telecommunication |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Zagreb, Croatia |
| Area served | Croatia |
| Key people | Mladen Pejković (CEO) Bernd Schmutterer (CFO) Reinhard Zuba (CMO)[1] |
| Services | GSM GPRS MMS EDGE UMTS HSDPA |
| Owner(s) | mobilkom austria |
| Employees | >1000 (2008)[2] |
| Website | vipnet.hr |
Vipnet is the first private mobile network operator in Croatia.[3] It has been operating a GSM network since July 1999.[3]
Since its arrival, Vipnet has broken the monopoly of CRONET (since renamed to T-Mobile Hrvatska, and owned by Hrvatski Telekom) and introduced many new services unknown before - SMS, prepaid and others. At that time the penetration rate in Croatia was just 4.6%, and by the end of March 2008 it reached 117%.[3]
Today Vipnet is still best known for its mobile network. It is a 900 MHz GSM and 2100 MHz 3G (WCDMA) network which supports GPRS, MMS, EDGE, UMTS and HSDPA technologies. They were the first to introduce a number of these technologies to the Croatian market and remain a technological leader in the field.
Vipnet has 2.5 million customers as of end of 2008[update], up 14.1% compared to end of 2007.[4] Its market share is 42.2%, down from 43% share at the end of 2007.[4]
Vipnet's network code is 219 (CC) 10 (NC). It is the Vodafone partner in Croatia. In 2006 they obtained their WiMAX and fixed telephone network licenses.
Vipnet is owned by the mobilkom austria, and is a member of the mobilkom austria group, composed of mobilkom Austria, Si.mobil, mobilkom liechtenstein, Mobiltel, Vip mobile, VIP Operator, and Velcom.[3]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Vipnet's Management Board". VIPnet. http://www.vipnet.hr/cw/show?idc=8755967&idnews=305923. Retrieved 2009-11-25.
- ^ "What is Vipnet?". VIPnet. http://www.vipnet.hr/cw/show?idc=8755967&idnews=305934. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
- ^ a b c d "Vipnet in brief". Vipnet. http://www.vipnet.hr/cw/show?idc=8755967. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
- ^ a b "Vip Has 2.5 Million Customers" (Press release). Vipnet. January 15, 2009. http://www.vipnet.hr/cw/show?idc=8756191&idnews=663442. Retrieved 2009-02-01.
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