Orange Slovensko

Logo of Orange

Orange Slovensko is a member of the global communications group Orange. The Orange Group operates in 19 countries of the world and currently serves almost 172 million customers. Orange owns majority shares in France, the United Kingdom, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Romania, Denmark, Slovakia, Ivory Coast, Dominican Republic, Cameroon, Botswana, Madagascar, Moldova (see Orange Moldova) and Spain (previously Amena). It holds minority shares in Portugal, Austria, Thailand, Egypt, Poland and Lebanon. Orange SA is a wholly owned subsidiary of the French telecommunications giant France Telecom.

Orange Slovensko is a mobile operator company, however now also offering fibre connections, operating in Slovakia since 15 January 1997 (previously named Globtel), when it became the first mobile operator in Slovakia to operate the GSM digital mobile network at the 900 MHz frequency. On 15 November 1999, the company launched the commercial operation of the mobile network in the 1800 MHz frequency band. It is also the first company to cover more than 66% of the country with 3G HSDPA high-speed internet with the maximum speed of 42 Mbit/s, lunched the HSPA+ upgrade to the maximum of 21.2-42.2 Mbit/s in 2011. The operator plans to commercially operate LTE network by the end of 2012.

Since 27 March 2002, the operator has been providing services under the Orange brand name and from this date company's business name is Orange Slovensko, a.s.

The company operates a countrywide network covering 99% of the population and 2,830,000 active customers and is by far the most successful telecommunications company in Slovakia.

Orange SA, whose majority owner is France Telecom, now owns a 100% stake in Orange Slovensko.

The company has recently launched commercial operation of FTTH (fibre-to-the-home) providing digital TV, fixed phone line for free and a high-speed internet connection with 100 Mbit/s download and 100 Mbit/s upload. There is one Internet plan (called FiberNet Super) with speed up to 100 Mbit/s and upload up to 1 Mbit/s. But there is possibility of upload upgrade to 10 Mbit/s or 100 Mbit/s. The technology similar to Orange France livebox is called "Orange Doma" (Orange Home) in Slovakia.

Orange Slovensko is the major sponsor of Slovak National Ice Hockey Team and also sponsors events in Slovakia and projects for young people. It is also operating a charity foundation called Konto Orange. It had a commercial with Marian Hossa of the Detroit Red Wings promoting it, too.

Company's slogans: Budúcnosť je jasná, budúcnosť je Orange (The future's bright, the future's Orange), Je dobré byť Orange (It's good to be orange) and Bright Ideas for Business, Už 10 rokov Váš Orange (Yet 10 years of your Orange), Orange svojim

Technologies: GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, HSPA+, BlackBerry and FTTH.

Prefixes: +421905; +421906; +421907; +421908; +421915; +421916; +421917; +421918; +421919

CEO: Pavol Lančarič

Headquarters

Orange Slovensko, a.s., Prievozská 6/A, 821 09 Bratislava, Slovakia

External links

• Orange Slovensko official site

Competitors

• T-Mobile Slovensko Official site
• Telefónica O2 Slovakia Official site
• Tesco mobile Official site
• NayMobile Official site
• swanmobile Official site