Vipnet
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| Public | |
| Industry |
Wireless services Telecommunication |
| Founded | July 1, 1999 (start of commercial operation) |
| Headquarters | Zagreb, Croatia |
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Area served
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Croatia |
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Key people
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Jiří Dvorjančanský (CEO, CMO) Adrian Ježina (CTO) Bernd Schmutterer (CFO) |
| Services | GSM, GPRS, MMS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, LTE |
| Owner | Telekom Austria Group |
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Number of employees
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>1000 (2013) |
| Website | www |
Vipnet is the first private mobile network operator in Croatia, a part of the Telekom Austria Group and a strategic partner of Vodafone, the mobile operator. Vipnet has been operating a GSM network since 1 July 1999 and introduced many new services unknown before in Croatia - prepaid, MMS roaming and others.
In August 2011, Vipnet acquired B.net, the largest Croatian cable operator that offers fixed telephony, broadband Internet access and television services such as cable television and satellite television. This acquisition was the biggest takeover within the Croatian telecom market.
Vipnet is the first and only operator that has made available, in all areas of Croatia, the complete 5-play service, which includes Vip TV, mobile and fixed telephony, as well as mobile and fixed Internet.
In November 2012 the number of mobile network customers amounted slightly over 2 million, and the number of households using Vipnet’s fixed communication and TV services grew for 19.6 percent more compared to 2011.
Granted the concession for the second GSM network in Croatia in September 1998, Vipnet started its commercial operations on July 1, 1999. Because of the profound impact it had on the Croatian telecommunications market, Vipnet is also known for having the best market entrance as a second GSM operator in Europe ever. In 1999, Vipnet was the first on the Croatian market to offer its customers Vipme prepaid, with no subscription fee and a year later Vipnet introduced the first mobile payment service in Croatia – Vip parking, which was later used and introduced by other global operators. Also, in 2002, Vipnet was among the first to launch MMS roaming. As a part of Telekom Austria Group and because of TAG's partnership agreement with Vodafone, Vipnet was the first in Croatia to present a new business communications solution – Vodafone Blackberry, in 2004.
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