Post and Telecommunications of Kosovo (commonly abbreviated as PTK; sq, Posta dhe Telekomi i Kosovës) is the

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al and

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authority of

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

History

The company was founded in 1959, originally under the name of "The Post, Telephone and Telegraph of Kosovo", and adopted its current name on 12 September 1990. PTK stopped operating only during the

Kosovo War The Kosovo War was an armed conflict in Kosovo that started 28 February 1998 and lasted until 11 June 1999. It was fought by the forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (i.e. Serbia and Montenegro), which controlled Kosovo before the war ...

. During the conflict, assets of the company were either stolen or destroyed, leading to interruptions of postal and telecommunication services. After the conflict, PTK launched Vala, the largest mobile operator in the country, with the assistance of

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. Vala was the first licensed

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in Kosovo. On 29 June 2005, Post and Telecom of Kosovo was transformed into a Joint Stock Company, with the new name PTK J.S.C. The authority has three business units: '' Post of Kosovo'', ''

Telecom of Kosovo Telecom of Kosovo ( sq, Telekomi i Kosovës), trading as Vala, is a business unit of Post and Telecom of Kosovo. Telecom of Kosovo is a licensed public operator and the first choice provider of fixed network services and internet in the territ ...

'', and ''Vala'', its mobile operator unit. The units are licensed by Telecommunication Regulation Authority of Kosovo. In operation since 2000, Vala is the largest mobile operator in Kosovo with approximately 1,150,000 customers. An LTE network has been built by Vala, powered by

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and

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. Dialling codes for Vala are: 044, 045 and 046 (internationally +383 44, +383 45 and +383 46. Identification code (IMSI) of Vala is 221-01 (but still in use 212-01(Monaco)).

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* Post and Telecommunications of Kosovo * Kosovo Telecom
Mobile Operator Vala

Landline Operator Telekom of Kosovo
{{Authority control Telecommunications companies of Kosovo Kosovo companies

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