Mtel (Montenegro)

Društvo za telekomunikacije
m:tel d.o.o.

m:tel logo
Company type	Joint venture
Industry	Mobile phone operator
Founded	April 2007
Headquarters	Podgorica, Montenegro
Key people	Zlatko Trhulj (CEO); Vladan Peković (CTO); Snežana Danilović (CFO); Milica Popović (CMO); Žarko Koprivica (Legal Dept.); Slobodan Stanišić (logistics)
Products	Wireless
Number of employees	135
Website	www.mtel-cg.com/

m:tel is a telecomunications company in Montenegro. It is a 51-49% joint venture between Telekom Srbija and Ogalar BV (Dutch-based company controlled by Delta Holding).

On 9 May 2007, the company obtained a licence to become the third mobile operator in Montenegro, along with a license for GSM and UMTS technologies. The company officially launched its business on 9 July 2007 using the 068 dialing prefix.

m:tel plans to invest €120 million, and eventually grow to 150 employees. Its signal presently covers a relatively small area from Montenegrin coastline to capital Podgorica (about 30% of the country's territory). By September 2007, m:tel plans to have its signal available in most Montenegrin towns. By the end of 2007, the company plans to cover 90% of the territory and gain 15-20% market-share in a country that presently has 690,000 mobile subscribers. The company also plans on offering fixed telephony services as well as WiMax.

The company announced that it sold 12,000 prepaid packages with SIM cards during its first official day of operation.[1]

Network information

The IMSI - Network Code of m:tel is 297-03 and MSISDN Network Codes is 068 (international: +382 68).

External links

• Official web site
• Mtel sprema i bežičnu fiksnu telefoniju, Vijesti, July 12, 2007
• Mtel uvodi fiksnu telefoniju u CG, B92, August 31, 2007
• Jesen u znaku WiMAX-a, Vijesti, September 12, 2007