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COSMOFON backgrounder
COSMOFON Mobile Telecommunications Services AD Skopje was established in November 2001 by Hellenic Telecommunications Organization (OTE S.A.) - one of the leading groups of companies in Greece which ranks among the largest telecommunications organizations in Europe.
The first public call via Cosmofon network was made on May 16 in the year 2003, and very soon, on June 12, the same year, COSMOFON launched its commercial operation in the country.
In the year 2004, the SEE Regional Roundtable for Investment Promotion (RRT) and OECD awarded Cosmofon with the regional award for the largest Greenfield investment.
In April, 2005, COSMOTE signed a Memorandum of understanding with OTE regarding the acquisition of the 100 % shares of COSMOFON AD Skopje.
COSMOFON is part of the COSMOTE Group and is the fastest growing member in the Group with significant achievements both in terms of operational as well as in financial performance.
Up to now, by implementing its aggressive roll out plan, COSMOFON has installed an extensive network of base stations and today covers 99 % of the population and 97.05% of the territory.
Currently the company offers to its customers roaming services with 184 partners in 91 countries on all 6 continents. The current number of pre-paid CAMEL roaming is 41 and is increasing constantly.
Cosmofon’s Commercial Network comprises of COSMOFON own stores and Germanos’ stores, as well as stores of Cosmofon master dealers: Lotarija na Makedonija, Gemak, Impuls and sub dealers stores
COSMOFON customer base to date amounts to almost 500 000 customers.
COSMOFON follows one simple philosophy: “We exist and operate for you - our customers”. The vision of COSMOFON is to become operator of choice, offering value through innovation and quality services.
Being a company with customer-oriented philosophy, COSMOFON aims to provide its customers with original communication experience offering choice and tailor-made solutions that meet their individual needs in reliable and relevant manner.
With its extensive postpaid and prepaid offers and the value added services, with the combination of high quality, affordable tariffs, technologically advanced and integrated solutions COSMOFON can satisfy even the most sophisticated communication needs of the customers, as a result of which, in just five years of operating, COSMOFON became the company of choice for more than 33% of the market.
Today, COSMOFON rightly carries the title as one of the strongest economic entities in the country, and as such it was and remained one of the key drivers of development of the local economy.
COSMOFON strongly believes that the companies are part of the society in which they operate and that their active engagement in the society is of vital importance for the development of the society in general. COSMOFON philosophy is to be an active socially responsible company, a good corporate citizen that maintains high ethical standards and contributes in the every day life of the society by supporting various society activities and by helping and caring for the sensitive social groups and their needs. In that respect the company continuously supports a mix of cultural, social and philanthropic activities thus reiterating its human character and spirit and its care and strife for a better society
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