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What is a Mobile Network
A Mobile Network is a system that allows users to communicate wirelessly over large geographical areas by using a series of interconnected base stations. Each base station contains large transmitters and receivers which facilitate communication between user devices. Modern day Mobile Networks can be thought of as enormous wireless internet connections, similar in many ways to a simple WiFi modem but on a much grander scale.
Mobile Network Operators (MNO's) are companies who have built and operate their own network infrastructure. This is contrasted to Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs), which are far greater in numbers, who rebrand and sell access to another company's network.
Each MNO operates one or more frequencies called carriers which, not surprisingly, are used 'carry' data through the air. Data are encoded onto a carrier frequency according to a common standard, such as 3G, 4G, or 5G. Each standard details the digital techniques used to encode the data and the antenna techniques used to transmit the carrier, along with detailing how multiple carriers can be operated together to provide greater speed.
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Turkcell İletişim Hizmetleri A.Ş., commonly known as Turkcell, is the foremost mobile phone operator based in Istanbul, Turkey. The company was established and began its operations in Turkey, where it has since maintained a significant presence in the telecommunications sector. The largest shareholder of Turkcell is the Turkey Wealth Fund, holding a 26.2% ownership stake in the company. Mobile communication in Turkey began when Turkcell commenced operations in February 1994. Turkcell then signed a 25-year GSM license contract with the Ministry of Transportation on April 27, 1998.
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Tuvalu Telecommunication Corporation (TTC) is a government-owned corporation responsible for providing telecommunications services within the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu. Established in 1976, TTC is the primary provider of telecommunication services in the country, ensuring connectivity among its nine inhabited islands. The corporation is wholly owned by the Government of Tuvalu, reflecting its critical role in supporting national communication infrastructure.
The corporation began telephony operations in 1993, providing fixed line telephone communications and internet services to...
UCall is a telecommunications company operating in the Kingdom of Tonga. UCall operates as a brand of the incumbent Tonga Communications Corporation (TCC) which was founded in 1978 and based in Nuku'alofa Tongatapu.
FE COSCOM LLC, branded as Ucell, is one of the largest mobile networks operating in Uzbekistan. FE COSCOM LLC was established in April of 1996 as joint enterprise MCT Telecom Corp. (99.2%) and local partner (0.8%), later acquired in 2007 by Swedish-Finnish-owned Telia Company and subsequently re-branded as Ucell in 2008.
Telia Company divested its near 100% stake in Ucell in December 2018, selling the Uzbek mobile network operator to state investment fund State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Assistance to Privatized Enterprises and Development of Competition. This governmental...
Umniah is a Jordanian mobile network operator, established in August 2004. It was founded by Michael Dagher, a former executive of Fastlink (now Zain Jordan), and the Fouad Al Ghanem Group of Kuwait, with Huawei Technologies and HP as strategic partners. The company was granted the second GSM license in August 2004 by the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission to operate, manage and own a public digital cellular mobile network in Jordan. In June 2006, Umniah became a subsidiary of Batelco, a state-owned Bahraini telecommunications company, when it acquired 96 percent of Umniah's shares. The...
Unite (Moldtelecom) is the national telecommunications operator in the Republic of Moldova and is also the largest telecommunications company in the country. The company was established on 1 April 1993 after the restructuring of the telecommunications sector in Moldova. Originally a state-owned enterprise, Moldtelecom underwent a reorganisation on 5 January 1999, transitioning into a Joint-Stock Company. The State of Moldova is the unique founder and stockholder of the company. The company provides a full range of telecommunication services including fixed-line telephony, mobile telephony...
Unitel is the largest mobile network by subscribers and coverage operating in Lao PDR. The network has been in operation since 2002, formed as a joint venture between state-owned Lao Asia Telecommunication State Enterprise (51%) and Vietnam-based Viettel Group (49%). Viettel is a leading telecommunications group in Vietnam which has invested successfully in 9 countries across 3 continents.
Uztelecom is a joint-stock telecommunications company operating in the Republic of Uzbekistan which offers mobile services under the brand "Uzmobile". Founded in 1992, Uztelecom was initially a state enterprise before being privatised into multiple joint stock companies between 1995 and 1996, including Uzbektelecom International. In 1997, the Ministry of Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan was reorganised into the Uzbek Post and Telecommunications Agency, which was followed by the establishment of regional joint stock companies providing telecommunications services. From 2000 through...
