Mobilkom Austria
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Mobilkom Austria is a major Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

n mobile network operator
Mobile network operator
A mobile network operator , also known as mobile phone operator , carrier service provider , wireless service provider, wireless carrier, or cellular company, or mobile network carrier is a telephone company that provides services for mobile phone subscribers.One essential...

. It has been operating commercially since 1994 and in testing since 1992.

One of the most well-known commercial brand is A1 in Austria.

The Mobilkom Austria group also owns:
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    Velcom
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     in Belarus
    Belarus
    Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

  • Mobiltel
    Mobiltel
    Mobiltel , commonly known as M-Tel , is the first and largest GSM mobile phone operator in Bulgaria. M-Tel was founded in March 1994 by Mr...

     in Bulgaria
    Bulgaria
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  • VIPnet
    VIPnet
    Vipnet is the first private mobile network operator in Croatia. It has been operating a GSM network since July 1999.Since its arrival, Vipnet has broken the monopoly of CRONET and introduced many new services unknown before - SMS, prepaid and others...

     in Croatia
    Croatia
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  • Mobilkom Liechtenstein in Liechtenstein
    Liechtenstein
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  • VIP Operator
    VIP Operator
    Vip operator is a mobile network operator in Macedonia and a member of the Telekom Austria Group.On March 26, 2007, Vip operator acquired the third license for mobile communications operation from the Macedonian Agency for Electronic Communications, worth EUR 10 million, after winning on the...

     in Macedonia
    Republic of Macedonia
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  • Vip mobile
    Vip mobile
    Vip mobile is the third Serbian mobile network operator and a member of mobilkom Austria group. It is the exclusive strategic partner of Vodafone in Serbia....

     in Serbia
    Serbia
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  • Si.mobil
    Si.mobil
    Si.mobil is the second largest mobile operator in Slovenia. In January 2008 it passed the milestone of 500,000 customers.-History:The company was established in December 1997 and began operating in March 1999 as the Slovenian first private mobile operator....

     in Slovenia
    Slovenia
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The revenue for the group at year end 2005 was 2,489,200,000 EUR, while the revenue for the Austrian branch was 1,719,100,000 EUR.

The company is owned by Telekom Austria
Telekom Austria
Telekom Austria is a provider of a range of fixed line, mobile, data, and Internet communications services. The company has a 100 per cent share in telecommunications provider A1 Telekom Austria....

 AG.
The two companies merged in July 2010, under a new name A1 Telekom Austria.

Mobilkom Austria is a partner of Vodafone
Vodafone
Vodafone Group Plc is a global telecommunications company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest mobile telecommunications company measured by revenues and the world's second-largest measured by subscribers , with around 341 million proportionate subscribers as of...

, and the two companies co-operate extensively.
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