Geocell ( ka, ჯეოსელი) is a mobile communication brand owned by
Silknet. Geocell is the first
GSM operator entered Georgian market.
Geocell was founded as an independent company in 1996 with a shared Georgian and Turkish investment. Control of the company was held by the Georgian side. The company's 900 MHz
GSM network became fully operational in March 1997.
On 27 March 2001 Geocell acquired Georgia's third largest GSM provider "GT Mobile", renamed it into its second branch "Lai-Lai", and started operating on the 1800 MHz frequency.
Alongside standard
GSM and
GPRS
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) is a packet oriented mobile data standard on the 2G and 3G cellular communication network's global system for mobile communications (GSM). GPRS was established by European Telecommunications Standards Inst ...
services the company owns a
UMTS
The Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) is a third generation mobile cellular system for networks based on the GSM standard. Developed and maintained by the 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project), UMTS is a component of the In ...
license (2100 MHz), enabling
3G technologies including
HSDPA
High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) is an amalgamation of two mobile protocols—High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) and High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA)—that extends and improves the performance of existing 3G mobile telecommunica ...
.
From 2007 until 2018 Geocell was part of the
TeliaSonera
Telia Company AB is a Swedish multinational telecommunications company and mobile network operator present in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Telia also owns TV4 Media which includes TV4 in Sweden, MTV Oy in F ...
Group. Since 2018 it has been a part of
Silknet.
SILKNET ACQUIRES GEOCELL
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Geocell coverage area occupies more than 98% of the country territory. Geocell subscribers are able to use roaming service in 150 countries worldwide.
Nowadays number of registered Geocell subscribers is around 2 million people.
Logo history
1996–2009
2009–2018
2018–2020
2020–present
See also
* Silknet
*MagtiCom
MagtiCom, Ltd (Georgian language, Georgian: :ka:მაგთიკომი, მაგთიკომი) was founded on February 12, 1996 by Dr. George (Gia) Jokhtaberidze. On September 22, 1997 the Company made the first commercial call from its ...
* Beeline
* List of companies of Georgia
References
External links
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Telecommunications companies of Georgia (country)
Companies based in Tbilisi
Telecommunications companies established in 1996
1996 establishments in Georgia (country)
Brands of Georgia (country)
2018 mergers and acquisitions
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