Omnitel
UAB Omnitel
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legal form | UAB |
founding | 1991 |
resolution | 2017 |
Reason for dissolution | Merger with TEO LT |
Seat | Vilnius , Lithuania |
management | Dan Strömberg |
Number of employees | ~ 700 (2009) |
sales | 722 million Lt. (2009) |
Branch | telecommunications |
Omnitel was the largest Lithuanian cellular operator. Omnitel had a market share of 51% for mobile customers and 52% for mobile internet customers in Lithuania (2006).
history
Litcom was founded in 1991 by Juozas Kazickas and Viktoras Gediminas Gruodis . Litcom was the first private telecommunications company in Eastern Europe . 1995 started Omnitel was the first in Lithuania , the GSM communication and web additionally led Internet services a. Since 2001, Omnitel was one of the largest mobile communications companies in the Baltic States . In 2004, Omnitel was acquired by Teliasonera (later Telia Company ). TeliaSonera paid a total of 488.1 million euros to Omnitel. Until the end, TeliaSonera owned 100% of the Omnitel shares. In 2006, Omnitel offered UMTS services. Omnitel started offering 4G on April 28, 2011 . In May 2011 Omnitel got a new logo.
In 2017 the company merged with TEO LT to become Telia Lietuva . The company is now a wholly owned subsidiary of the Telia Company.
management
- 2000-2013: Antanas Juozas Zabulis
- 2013–2017: Dan Strömberg
Web links
- Homepage of Telia Lietuva (Lithuanian)