Telesystem International Wireless (TIW) was a
Canadian-based fast-growing, global mobile communications operator. The company's shares were listed on the
Montreal Exchange and the
Toronto Stock Exchange ("TIW") and
NASDAQ
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("TIWI").
At different times TIW owned or had interest in:
* Dolphin Telecom plc, attempting to deploy a pan-European digital specialized mobile radio network (
ESMR) through its subsidiary
Dolphin Telecom plc, Europe. At that time it offered
TETRA services in the United Kingdom, in addition to analog
SMR services in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Belgium, Spain and Portugal.
*
MobiFon S.A. operating a
GSM network (known under
CONNEX brand name) in Romania
*
Cesky Mobil a.s. operating a
GSM network (known under the brand name
OSKAR) in the Czech Republic.
* In
Brazil TIW was a strategic and operating partner of the country's fifth largest cellular group, with operations in four regions (among others, using brand names of
Telemig,
Tele Norte
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* Television
* Tele (band), a German rock/pop band
* Tele Ikuru, Deputy Governor of Rivers State
* Télé, Mali, a rural commune of the Cercle of Goundam in the Tombouctou Region of Mali
* Telemarketing
* Telegraphy
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and
Telet).
* In Asia through TIW Asia N.V., an affiliate company established in October 1999, it had cellular operations in
India and
China
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.
By 1999, TIW boasted over two million subscribers in four geographic regions. On December 31, 2004, TIW had only two operating subsidiaries,
MobiFon A.S. in
Romania and
Oskar Mobil a.s. in the
Czech Republic, with 6.7 million subscribers. In February 2005 Oskar Mobil a.s. acquired a
UMTS (also known as
3G) licence.
In March to April 2005, TIW sold its two remaining subsidiaries to
Vodafone Group. In April 2005, it announced ''Special Meeting of Shareholders'' to approve a ''Plan of Arrangement'' to begin and proceed with its liquidation, including the implementation of a claims process and the distribution of net cash to shareholders, cancel its common shares and proceed with its final distribution and be dissolved.
External links
TIW websiteCompany's historic press releases
Telecommunications companies of Canada
Companies based in Montreal