Crnogorski Telekom ("Montenegrin Telekom"; full legal name: Crnogorski Telekom
a.d. Podgorica
Podgorica ( cnr-Cyrl, Подгорица; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Montenegro, largest city of Montenegro. The city is just north of Lake Skadar and close to coastal destinations on the Adriatic Sea. Histor ...
) is a Montenegrin
telecommunications
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operator based in
Podgorica
Podgorica ( cnr-Cyrl, Подгорица; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Montenegro, largest city of Montenegro. The city is just north of Lake Skadar and close to coastal destinations on the Adriatic Sea. Histor ...
. It is the largest telecommunications company in Montenegro and provides fixed-line, mobile,
IPTV
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, internet, ICT and cloud services.
The company serves more than 359 thousand customers in mobile and more than 107 thousand accounts in fixed line of business. Roaming services are provided in more than 140 countries, with almost 300 mobile operators.
History
Crnogorski Telekom has been part of
Deutsche Telekom
Deutsche Telekom AG (, ; often just Telekom, DTAG or DT; stylised as ·T·) is a partially state-owned German telecommunications company headquartered in Bonn and the largest telecommunications provider in Europe by revenue. It was formed in 199 ...
Group since 2005. Going back into history, Montenegrin state-owned Postal and Telecommunications Company "PTT" was divided in two companies in 1998: Montenegro Post and Telekom Montenegro. In 1997, Internet Crna Gora (ICG) was founded, the first Montenegrin Internet provider, which operated within Telekom Montenegro.
In 2005, Telekom was acquired by Magyar Telekom, becoming a part of
Deutsche Telekom Group. In 2006, the T-Com and T-Mobile brands were launched. In May 2009, Crnogorski Telekom a.d., T-Mobile Crna Gora d.o.o. and Internet Crna Gora d.o.o. were merged into one legal entity, Crnogorski Telekom a.d.
In 2012, the T-Com and T-Mobile brands were replaced by the T brand, under which all products are now marketed. In January 2017, Hrvatski Telekom bought the complete Magyar Telekom's stake in Crnogorski Telekom A.D. Deutsche Telekom AG holds 51% of the Hrvatski Telekom shares.
Products and services
Telekom provides fixed-network, mobile communications, Internet, and IPTV products and services for both business and residential consumers, and information and communication technology (ICT) for business and corporate customers.
In the mobile segment, Telekom offers prepaid and postpaid tariffs, and in the fixed, it provides broadband connections over FTTH, hybrid access and ADSL, while the whole fixed network infrastructure is switched to all–IP technology which enables Telekom to offer prepaid Fixed BB, so-called Internet-on-click option. Telekom is also providing pay-TV services.
References
External links
Official website
{{Montenegrin mobile phone companies
Deutsche Telekom
Telecommunications companies of Montenegro
Mobile phone companies of Montenegro
Internet service providers of Montenegro
Companies based in Podgorica
Mass media in Montenegro
Telecommunications companies established in 1998