Epic LTD, currently known as Epic Cyprus, is a telecommunications services provider based in Cyprus. The company was initially founded in July 2004 as Areeba, after being granted the second mobile telephony license by the Cyprus Government. In September 2007, following the acquisition of its parent company, Investcom LLC by the multinational telecommunications company MTN Group, Areeba was rebranded as MTN. MTN Group held the ownership of the company until September 2018, when Monaco Telecom acquired the entire share capital of MTN Cyprus. As part of the acquisition deal, Monaco Telecom was permitted to use the MTN brand name for three years for a commercial fee. In June 2019, Monaco Telecom retired the MTN brand name and rebranded the company as Epic. Epic is currently a subsidiary of Monaco Telecom, which is a member of NJJ Holding.
Alias
EPIC Ltd., MTN Cyprus, Areeba
Country
Cyprus
Type
Mobile Network Operator
Ownership
Monaco Telecom
Epic logo

3G Network

MTN provides 2G GSM services over the 900 and 1800 MHz bands, and launched 3G UMTS services over B1 (2100 MHz) in March 2008.

Network Frequency Band Status
B1 (2100 MHz)
Active
Date Event Subtype
Launch of 3G Network
Launch

4G Network

4G LTE was launched over B3 (1800 MHz) in March 2015. A government spectrum auction in June 2016 saw MTN secure paired 20 MHz of B7 (2600 MHz), paired 10 MHz of B20 (800 MHz), and 15 MHz of B38 (2600 MHz) TDD spectrum.

MTN Cyprus announced it had since deployed 4.5G LTE-A in a November 2018 press conference, with two additional LTE bands B7 (2600 MHz) and B20 (800 MHz), supporting all 2C aggregation permutations.

4G Frequency Bands
Network Frequency Band Max. Channel Bandwidth Status
B3 (1800 MHz)
10
Active
B7 (2600 MHz)
20
Active
B20 (800 MHz)
10
Active
Date Event Subtype
Launch of 4G Network
Launch

5G Network

In February 2019 the company announced that it would begin developing its 5G in collaboration with Huawei. MTN Cyprus was awarded a 5G testing licence by the Cypriot Department of Electronic Communications in April 2019, which permitted the company to test networks over the 3400 to 3800 MHz band (n78) until November 2019.

Date Event Subtype