A1 Slovenija is a

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company operating the second largest mobile network in

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. Prior to April 2017, the company was known as Si.mobil.

History

The company was established in December 1997 and began operating in March 1999 as the first Slovenian private mobile operator. In 2000, the company was the second to market

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, preceded by Mobitel. After initial losses, the company's shares were in February 2001 purchased by Telekom Austria Group, making Si.mobil a part of a leading group of mobile service operators in

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and

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. In June of that year, Si.mobil was the first in Slovenia and among the first in Europe to introduce

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to its customers. In 2002, it was the first company to market MMS. An important step forward was signing a partnership agreement with

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in January 2002. From September 2003, the company is presented under the dual brand ''Si.mobil - Vodafone'' . In 2004, the company was one of the first operators worldwide to offer

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, and in 2006, they introduced its own

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network. In addition, Si.mobil offers other services like GPS on mobile phones,

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and

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. In 2007, Si.mobil was the first Slovenian company to open its office in

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where they have built an island. In January 2008, it passed the milestone of 500,000 customers. On July 8, 2010, mobilkom austria AG was merged with Telekom

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TA AG. In the course of this merger, the non-Austrian subsidiaries of mobilkom austria AG were subordinated to the Telekom Austria Group. That is why Si.mobil has been a 100 percent subsidiary of the Telekom Austria Group since 2010. In 2017 the subsidiary was rebranded into A1 Slovenija. At the time of the takeover, it said it had over 700,000 customers.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:A1 Slovenija 1997 establishments in Slovenia Mobile phone companies of Slovenia Companies based in Ljubljana Telecommunications companies established in 1997