Telekom Albania

Telekom Albania
Private
Industry Telecommunications
Predecessor Albanian Mobile Communications
Founded 23 July 2015
Headquarters Tirane, Albania
Products Mobile Telephony
Wireless Broadband
Landlines
Internet Solutions
Mobile IPTV
Revenue €119.3 million (2011)[1]
Number of employees
 500
Parent OTE
Deutsche Telekom
Website www.telekom.com.al

Telekom Albania SH.A. (Also known as T-Mobile Albania) is a telecommunications company that operates in Albania, previously as AMC and now as Telekom Albania. AMC has been part of the COSMOTE Group since 2000 and in 2008 joined the Deutsche Telekom group.[2]

Telekom Main tower located in Lapraka,Tirana

Opening

The company was established as a state owned company in November 1995, and started commercial operations in May 1996, thus being the first mobile operator in Albania.[3] The company was successfully privatized in August 2000. Cosmote acquired 85% of AMC capital share, through COSMO-HOLDING ALBANIA S.A., COSMOTE’s 97% owned subsidiary.[2][4]

The privatization of AMC in 2000 was a turning point in its history.

Services

When COSMOTE acquired AMC, the company had 11,000 subscribers actually making outgoing calls.[3] In August 2000, AMC launched Albakarta and in December 2001 AMC customer base exceeded 273,000 customers and in 2009 it had reached a customer base of 1.9 million. Currently, the company’s network covers 99.6% of the population and 95% of the geographical area.[4] However, in 2011 its customer base retreated to 1.8 million.[1]

In 2011 AMC entered in the Albanian landline market, the second company in Albania that offers landlines in all country.

AMC was the second mobile operator that provides 3G technology in Albania. On September 2011 the Albanian government awarded the second 3G network license to AMC for € 15.1 million ($20.6 million) outbidding Eagle Mobile which offered 12.9 million euros.[5][6] On January 2012 AMC Launched 3G services in Albania, only 3 months following the 3G license acquisition. On June of the same year AMC 3G infrastructure extended to approximately 95% of the country.[4]

By upgrading its service with the 3G platform, AMC has fulfilled another technological milestone in its history. AMC has fulfilled the HSPA+ (Evolved High-Speed Packet Access) standard, aiming to provide its subscribers with the same quality of service in different areas of the country.

Telekom Albania was the second that offered 4G LTE services in Tirana and south Albania. Also, the company was one of the first company in Europe that launched LTE-A technology Cat4 up to 150 Mbit/s download speed.

The company is official partner of most worldwide used apps, as AirBnB, Evernote, Magisto, etc.

Revenues

In 2005, its revenues exceeded €137 million.[3] In 2007 AMC’s revenues reached 176.2 million Euro, 16.7% higher on a yearly basis. The company’s EBITDA grew by 20.1% in 2007 on a 62.0% margin, while net income increased by 22.1% year-on-year with the net income margin at 34.6% for 2007. During Q3 2008, AMC’ EBITDA margin stood at 67.4%. In 2011 AMC revenues stood at €119.3 million[1]

Market share

Albania had in 2012 5.3 million subscribers (187% penetration rate), out of which there were 3.2 million active users (114% penetration rate). An active user is the number of users that communicated in the last three months.[7]

The regulatory authority for telecommunication in Albania is the Electronic and Postal Communications Authority.

RankOperatorTechnologySubscribers
(in millions)		Ownership
1VodafoneGSM-900/1800
UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+, 4G, 4G+		1.839 or 34.76% (2012)Vodafone
2TelekomGSM-900/1800
UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+, 4G, 4G+		1.736 or 32.82% (2012)Deutsche Telecom
3ALBtelecom MobileGSM-900/1800
UMTS, HSPA, HSPA+, 4G		1.304 or 24.66% (2012)Albtelecom
4PlusGSM-900/18000.410 or 7.76% (2012)Plus Communication

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Deutsche Telekom in Albania". Deutsche Telekom. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  2. 1 2 "AMC Company profile". AMC official website. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 "AMC business profile". FIAA.
  4. 1 2 3 "AMC company milestones". AMC official website. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  5. ↑ "AMC wins Albania's second 3G licence". TeleGeography. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  6. ↑ "AMC wins Albanian 3G permit for 15.1 million euros". Reuters. 10 October 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "2012 yearly report (in Albanian)" (PDF). Electronic and Postal Communications Authority. AKEP. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
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