Telemach is the third largest

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with over 600,000 customers.

History

The company was established in 2006. Tušmobil gained its mobile license when US-based Western Wireless International (Vega) shut down its network at the end of May 2006. In March 2007, Tušmobil selected

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as its

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core and radio network supplier. Tušmobil officially started operations on 31 October 2007. In 2008, it also acquired a

UMTS The Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) is a third generation mobile cellular system for networks based on the GSM standard. Developed and maintained by the 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project), UMTS is a component of the Inte ...

license. Tušmobil commercially launched UMTS 900 in July 2010. The network was upgraded to support HSPA+ in November 2010. In the last quarter of 2014, Tušmobil had a market share of 13%. Telemach acquired 100% of Tušmobil in April 2015. Telemach commercially launched LTE in June 2015 and renovated the existing GSM/UMTS network with equipment from one of the largest telecom equipment vendors

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tusmobil Mobile phone companies of Slovenia Privately held companies of Slovenia Telecommunications companies established in 2006 Companies based in Ljubljana Slovenian brands Cable television companies of Slovenia 2006 establishments in Slovenia 2007 mergers and acquisitions