Orbitel ( bg, Орбител) is Bulgarian wireline

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and

Internet The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, pub ...

service provider A service provider (SP) is an organization that provides services, such as consulting, legal, real estate, communications, storage, and processing services, to other organizations. Although a service provider can be a sub-unit of the organization t ...

with national licenses for voice and data. Through its national

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Orbitel provides convergent telecommunication solutions for

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, high speed

and

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s throughout

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. Orbitel also provides services such as web site hosting, domain registration, corporate e-mail and professional consultations. Orbitel was founded in 1997 by entrepreneurs Victor Francess and Nikolai Gorchilov, who served as board members and CEOs until 2007.

Investors

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

In 2001 The

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is an international financial institution founded in 1991. As a multilateral developmental investment bank, the EBRD uses investment as a tool to build market economies. Initially focus ...

chose Orbitel to make the first foreign investment in the Bulgarian IT sector. The company becomes one of the biggest Bulgarian Internet service providers.

Magyar Telekom

In February 2006 Orbitel became part of the leading Hungarian operator

Magyar Telekom Magyar Telekom Nyrt. (officially ''Magyar Telekom Távközlési Nyilvánosan Működő Részvénytársaság, Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Public Limited Company'' ) is the leading Hungarian telecommunications service provider company. I ...

. In November 2009, Magyar Telekom decided to exit the Bulgarian alternative retail telecommunication business and focus its operations on businesses where it sees more lucrative prospects.

Spectrum Net

In November 2009 Spectrum Net, part of Alfa Finance Holding, decided to purchase the shares from Magyar Telekom.

Network

Orbitel introduced the first next generation telecommunication platform in Southeastern Europe. The company introduced the

softswitch A softswitch (''software switch'') is a call-switching node in a telecommunications network, based not on the specialized switching hardware of the traditional telephone exchange, but implemented in software running on a general-purpose computing ...

based technology for convergent voice, data and video, proven by operators such as

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, Telefonica, FastWeb and

Tiscali Tiscali S.p.a. () is an Italian telecommunications company, based in Cagliari, Sardinia, that provides internet and telecommunications services to its domestic market. It previously had operations in other European nations through its acquisitio ...

. Orbitel's network backbone is based on

MPLS Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) is a routing technique in telecommunications networks that directs data from one node to the next based on labels rather than network addresses. Whereas network addresses identify endpoints the labels identif ...

technology and covers more than 35 cities, among which are all the district centers in Bulgaria and the European telecommunication center London.. Till the end of 2009 Orbitel used own national fiber network built on

DWDM In fiber-optic communications, wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) is a technology which multiplexes a number of optical carrier signals onto a single optical fiber by using different wavelengths (i.e., colors) of laser light. This techni ...

technology, part of long-term strategy of the company for development as a key broadband operator in

. The backbone network of Orbitel has capacity of 10 Gbit/second and covers 23 cities in the country (90% of the population).

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