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Vodafone Czech Republic a.s. is a Czech telecommunications company, owned by Vodafone Group. It is among the largest Czech companies by revenue. It was established as Český Mobil in 1999, when the government of Miloš Zeman granted it a free license to operate the third mobile GSM network.
Telecom companies have included České Radiokomunikace, O2 Czech Republic (formerly Telefonica O2 Czech Republic), [3] Vodafone Czech Republic (formerly Oskar Mobil a.s.), CETIN, CS Link, Eurotel, Skylink and Telekom Austria Czech Republic.
Following the break-up of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the successor states, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, continued to share the 42 country code until 28 February 1997, with the Czech Republic then adopting 420 and Slovakia adopting 421.
In December 2016, the Czech Office for the Protection of Competition fined O2 Czech Republic and Vodafone 99 million CZK for anti-competitive agreements. [ 9 ] In July 2019, EU antitrust regulators accused mobile operators Czech Republic and T-Mobile CZ of violating EU antitrust rules through a network sharing agreement.
Vodafone, T-Mobile and O2 offer connection using the LTE, GPRS and EDGE technology. 5G networks are being switched on in some locations (for example in the Prague Metro). [11] On 31 March 2021, Vodafone switched off their 3G (UMTS) network. [12] T-Mobile is planning to switch their 3G network off at the end of November 2021. [13]
In 1999, Vodafone became the world's largest mobile telecommunications company, and the UK's third-largest public company. Vodafone decided to move to the site in 1997. In April 1999, the local council was going to refuse outline planning permission for Vodafone to build its headquarters on the site as it was a greenfield development.
One Hungary (formerly Vodafone Hungary until 1 January 2025) is a Hungarian telecommunications service provider. It started operations in 1999 as a mobile network operator after securing the third GSM 900/1800 MHz licence of the country and it was the first provider operating in the DCS-1800 band in Hungary.
Vodafone Germany's network serves both prepaid and postpaid customers on GSM and LTE (Long Term Evolution). In July 2019, Vodafone started providing 5G services. [ 3 ] At the end of 2010, Vodafone had 36.676 million mobile phone or mobile internet customers and 3.945 million customers with a DSL / VDSL connection.