Orange Moldova

Orange Moldova

Type	Joint stock company
Industry	Telecommunications
Founded	Chişinău, Moldova (1998)
Founder(s)	Luc Solente
Headquarters	Alba Iulia 75 street, Chişinău, Moldova
Area served	Moldova and worldwide
Key people	Ludmila Climoc - director
Services	Mobile phone services Internet carrier
Revenue
Operating income
Net income
Employees	around 950 (2011)
Website	orange.md Orange online shop

The Orange company operates in Moldova since April 1998, a 94.45% share of Orange Moldova belongs to France Télécom. The company is also an internet service provider and fixed voice services (point-to-point) provider for business. Orange has GSM coverage of 99.4% of the population, and 98.9% of country' territory, plus 88.5% of 3G services. Orange owns 65.4% of the telecommunications market and serves two million subscribers.

General information

Communication standard: Orange works with GSM 900 and 1800 MHz and UMTS 2100 MHz.

Numbering resources:

Orange network codes are: 068xxxxxx ; 069xxxxxx ; 0600xxxxx.

Internationally they have the form: +37368xxxxxx ; +37369xxxxxx ; +373600xxxxx.

Network code: 259 01, where 259 — Mobile Country Code (MCC) for Moldova, and 01 — Mobile Network Code (MNC) for Orange network.

Displayed on the phone screen: Orange, MD Orange, VOXTEL, or 259 01 depending on the phone.

History

Network start

The joint-stock company was created in February 1998, under the name of Voxtel. The license was acquired for USD 8 mln. The company started its activity as a commercial entity on October 27, 1998. The first call was made by former president of France Jacques Chirac in the presence of Moldova's former president Petru Lucinschi and mass-media representatives.

Rebranding

On April 19, 2006, the company's shareholders have decided that VOXTEL and Tempo become Orange. Over a year of activity since the decision of shareholders, on April 25, 2007 VOXTEL announces the launch of Orange, which opens new perspectives for Moldova' mobile market.

Competitors

In 1998, the Orange (back then Voxtel) was the only mobile telephony services provider in the country. Given the licensing agreement with the government, the company was supposed to have exclusive rights for 5 years. However in 1999 the second GSM license was given to another company (Moldcell) which started its activity in April 2000.

Due to the new competitor, Orange (Voxtel at that point) launched the first pre-paid packages (Tempo) on the Moldovan market.

Starting March 1, 2007 a third mobile operator launched. The new operator—Unite—operates with the CDMA standard and is owned by the national telecommunications company Moldtelecom. The license was obtained without any competition in July 2006.

Services

Orange Abonament Subscribers can find a variety of offers for various communication needs. They can choose the option for call, send SMS and MMS messages and even surf Internet at the lowest possible price. After 6 months, all clients are included in Loyalty Program which offers a lot of benefits for all Orange Abonament customers. In 2010 Orange has launched in Moldova successful commercial offers: Fluture, Delfin, Pantera. Monthly fee needed.

Orange PrePay Without monthly fee.

Orange Business For corporate clients.

HD voice Orange has won the Global Mobile Awards competition, which takes place at the most prestigious annual Telecommunications event - Mobile World Congress. Award Best Mobile Technology Breaktrough was given for significant improvements in sound quality in mobile telephony, by implementing the world's first HD voice in Moldova. In this way, the company's progress in mobile technologies have been recognized worldwide, becoming the first mobile operator Orange in the country to win an international award of this size. HD voice was commercially launched in Moldova on 09.09.2009.

See also

• Orange SA
• Orange Polska operating in Poland
• Orange România operating in Romania
• Orange Slovensko operating in Slovakia
• Orange España operating in Spain

External links

• Official Site
• Orange Voicemail Reviews