- Si.mobil
Infobox_Company | company_name = Si.mobil
company_type = Private
company_
slogan = Catch the World
foundation = 1997
location =Ljubljana ,Slovenija
industry =Wireless Services;Telecommunication
products = GSM, GPRS, MMS, EDGE,UMTS andHSDPA
key_people =Dejan Turk , Milan Zaletel, Walter Goldenits
revenue = increase 130,7 millioneuro s
parent =mobilkom Austria
num_employees = 329 (end of 2007)
homepage = [http://www.simobil.si/ www.simobil.si]Si.mobil is the second largest
mobile operator inSlovenia [cite web |url=http://www.telecomsinsight.com/file/32520/simobil-increases-profits-and-eyes-3g-licence.html |title=Simobil Increases Profits and Eyes 3G Licence |accessdate=2008-04-06 |work=Telecommunications Insight |publisher=Business Monitor International] . In January 2008 it passed the milestone of 500,000 customers. [cite web |url=http://www.mobile.si/articles/500000-uporabnikov-simobila.html |title=500.000-i uporabnik Si.mobil – Vodafone |accessdate=2008-04-06 |date=2008-01-23 |author=Dare Gliha |publisher=Mobile.si |language=Slovene]History
The company was established in December 1997 [cite web| url=http://www.ediplome.fm-kp.si/Hrvatin_Barbara_20070628.pdf |title=Sestava in analiza zaključnega računa gospodarske družbe |author=Barbara Hrvatin |accessdate=2008-04-06 |year=2005 |language=Slovene |publisher=Faculty of Management Koper] and began operating in March 1999 [cite journal |url=http://www.idate.fr/fic/revue_telech/183/C&S56_HROVATIN_CIBIC_SVIGELJ.pdf |title=Liberalisation and (de)Regulation of Slovenian Telecommunications Markets |accessdate=2008-04-06 |author=Nevenka Hrovatin | coauthors=Damir Cibic, Matej Švigelj |date=4th quarter of 2004 |work=Communications & Strategies|pages=p. 151] as the Slovenian first private mobile operator.cite web |url=http://www.infogin.com/customers.asp |title=InfoGin - The Whole Web @ Your Call: Customers |publisher=InfoGin |accessdate=2008-04-06]
In 2001 its shares were purchased by
mobilkom Austria making Si.mobil a part of a leading group of mobile service operators in Central andEastern Europe . [cite web |url=http://www.ccwap.com/nl_3_2001.htm |title=CheckCom Mobile Commerce Newsletter: 3 - 2001 |accessdate=2008-04-06 |publisher=CheckCom Inc. ]An important step forward was signing a partnership agreement with
Vodafone that enabled Si.mobil to establish itself as the price leader that offers global products and services.cite web |url=http://www.real-sec.com/fileadmin/datoteke/ostalo/case_study/case_simobil.pdf |title=Securing VPN on the move |author=Boštjan Knap |accessdate=2008-04-06 |publisher=Stonesoft Corporation] From September 2003 on the company is presented under the dual brand "Si.mobil - Vodafone".Si.mobil was the first company in Slovenia to introduce
GPRS , WAP, and MMS to the customers. In 2004 it was one of the first operators worldwide to offer EDGE [cite web |url=http://www.3gamericas.org/pdfs/edge_technology_worldwide.pdf |title=EDGE Worldwide |date=2004-09-14 |accessdate=2008-04-10 |publisher=3G Americas] while in 2006 they introduced its own UMTS/HSDPA network. [cite web |url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=1433783 |title=Si.mobil d.d. |work=BusinessWeek Online |publisher=The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc.] In addition, Si.mobil offers other services like GPS on mobile phones,mobile office andmobile internet . [cite web |url=http://www.wcisdata.com/newt/l/wcis/research/viewarticle.html?artid=20017474433 |title=US$9.30 data ARPU for Si.Mobil is highest in CEE region |work=WCIS News & Comment |publisher=WCIS]In 2007 Si.mobil was also the first Slovenian company to open its office in
Second Life where they have built an island. [cite news |url=http://www.monitor.si/novica/tudi-si-mobil-vodafone-v-second-life/ |title=Tudi Si.mobil - Vodafone v Second Life |work=Monitor |date=2007-08-25 |accessdate=2008-10-04 |publisher=Mladina d.d. |language=Slovene] [cite news |url=http://www.pulsdemokratije.net/index.php?id=527&l=en |first=Hajrudin |last=Hromadžić |title=Between Two Lives |work=Puls demokratije |publisher=Open Society Fund BiH]Awards
Si.mobil has been bestowed with many prizes. At the 15th
Slovenian Advertising Festival the company won the "Advertiser of the Year" award for the year 2005. [cite web |url=http://www.ukom.gov.si/eng/slovenia/news/id/index.html?&i1=UVI&i2=ang&i3=1&i4=sptj&i5=ter_lst_021&i10=artic&i12=92393A7ADC5B5413C1257145004CBEA1&i15=on&j1=ISO-8859-2&j2=&j3=&j4= |title=A Festival of Creativity |date=2006-03-04 |accessdate=2008-04-10 |publisher=Slovenian Public Relations and Media Office] In 2007 they were among the first companies in Slovenia to receive the "Family Friendly Enterprise Certificate" for their successful balancing of work and family life. [cite web |url=http://www.certifikatdpp.si/images/izdelki/attachments/seznam_prejemnikov_certifikata_15.5.2007.pdf |title=Seznam prejemnikov osnovnega certifikata »Družini prijazno podjetje« v letu 2007 |publisher=Ekvilib |language=Slovene] As one of the most reputable employers in Slovenia they also received the "Reputable Employer" certificate.cite news |url=http://zaposlitev.dnevnik.si/aktualno/Default.aspx?n=1030 |title=Si.Mobil: "Naši zaposleni so prvi kandidati za vsako odprto delovno mesto" |work=Dnevnik.si |date=2008-03-22 |accessdate=2008-04-10 |language=Slovene] In November 2007 they were granted "Superbrands " status. [cite web |url=http://www.simobil.si/en/inside.cp2?cid=A86EC1AB-DBFE-61E9-207F-57A981CB6B22&linkid=content |title=Awards |publisher=Si.mobil d.d. |accessdate=2008-04-10]References
External links
* [http://www.simobil.si/en/index.cp2?cid=D29A4A29-330D-C599-1949-4176700BD1AC&linkid=index Si.mobil Homepage]
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