Vodafone Albania
Parent Vodafone Group plc | | |
| Subsidiaries | ABCom | |
|---|---|---|
| Website | www | |
Vodafone Albania (part of
Technology
Vodafone Albania started offering GSM services on August 3, 2001, after AMC (now One Albania) started doing so in 1996. The network displays as VODAFONE AL or VodafoneAL on devices.
In 2011, Vodafone was the first to launch 3G services. 4 years later, Vodafone was again first to launch a 4G/4G+ network in the country.
In 2018,
On February 12, 2019, Albania’s telecoms watchdog,
On October 16, 2019, AKEP gave the authorisation to test 5G networks on the 3600 MHz-3700 MHz frequency band. On October 30, it was publicly tested, alongside important state officials, such as Prime Minister, Edi Rama. The full rollout of 5G to consumers has not yet commenced.
ABCom
On October 29, Vodafone Albania agreed to acquire the country’s largest cable operator ABCom. “This transaction is part of Vodafone Group’s wider strategy to enhance its mobile businesses with broadband and pay-TV services”, Vodafone said in a press release.
The acquisition enabled Vodafone Albania to become a full service telecoms company by offering fixed and mobile communications and TV services to households and businesses. As of the end of June 2020, ABCom had 86.000 broadband subscribers behind One Albania with 133.000 subscribers.[2]
Vodafone Albania, as per Q1 2019, has 3.66 million subscribers, out of which there are 2.5 million active users. An active user is defined as having communication in the last three months.[3]
The regulatory authority for telecommunication in Albania is the
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers (in Millions) |
Ownership | MCC / MNC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vodafone Albania | LTE-A Pro |
1.787 (Q1 2019) | Vodafone[4] | 27602 |
| 2 | One Albania (Formerly One Telecommunications, Telekom Albania, AMC,ALBtelecom Mobile(Formerly Eagle Mobile,Telekomi Shqiptar) *Includes the previous One Albania network.[5] |
LTE-A VoLTE |
1.914 (Q3 2021) | Antenna Hungária[6][7] | 27601 27603 |
Economic and social investments
The company invested more than €1,415 million in Albania including investments in infrastructure, spectrum, regulatory fees, distribution channels, human resources etc. Only in 2016-17, Vodafone Albania invested €32 million in network infrastructure and about €16 million in spectrum acquisitions.
Controversy
In 2017, operators changed the duration of their monthly packages to 28 days instead of 30. The matter was investigated by the Authority and the operators were ordered to resume the 30-day duration once again.
In 2019, the
See also
- List of mobile network operators of Europe
- Telekom Albania
- ALBtelecom Mobile
References
- ^ "Vodafone Albania trade-off: 1 GB/month free Internet with e-invoice". Retrieved 2019-01-12.
- ^ Purnell2020-12-29T16:45:00+00:00, Joseph. "Vodafone Albania quietly plans second cableco buy". TelcoTitans.com. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "2019 yearly report" (PDF). AKEP (in Albanian). 2019.
- ^ "Vodafone Financial Results Spreadsheet".
- ^ "Bashkimi i madh vazhdon - ONE Telecommunications dhe ALBtelecom bashkohen ligjërisht për t'u bërë ONE Albania". One Albania (in Albanian). Retrieved 2023-03-15.
- ^ Pham, Manny (2022-04-13). "4iG bolsters position to take on Hungary market rival". Developing Telecoms. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
- ^ "4iG has unified its telecommunications portfolio with Antenna Hungaria". www.4ig.hu. Retrieved 2022-04-29.