Orange Moldova

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Orange Moldova is the largest mobile network operator in Moldova. It has started its work under the brand Voxtel in 1998 and rebranded to Orange at April, 25 2007.

General information

Communication standard: Orange works with GSM 900 and 1800 Mhz.

Numbering resources: Orange network codes are 68xxxxxx and 69xxxxxx. Internationally they have the form +37368xxxxxx and +37369xxxxxx.

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 entityon October, 27 1998. The first call was done by the former president of France (Jacques Chirac) in the presence of Moldova's former president - Petru Lucinschi and lot of mass-media representatives.

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 Aprill 2000.

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

Starting March 1st, 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.

Rebranding

Before April, 25 2007 operator's name was Voxtel.

Ownership

94,3 % share of Orange Moldova belongs to France Télécom (4% being controlled by the Romanian subsidiary Orange România).

Statistics

on July, 4 2007:

  • 1,0 mln subscribers
  • 94% of Moldova territory covered with GSM/GPRS signal
  • EDGE coverage in 36 largest cities
  • roaming for Orange Abonament in 93 countries in 231 mobile networks and for Orange PrePay in 17 countries in 28 mobile networks
  • GPRS-roaming for Orange Abonament in 27 countries in 40 mobile networks

Tariff plans

Orange Abonament

7 tariff plans with monthly fee.

Orange PrePay

Without monthly fee.

Orange Business

For corporate clients.

Services

  • Voice mail
  • Who called
  • SMS
  • GPRS

Competitors

  • Moldcell - working in GSM standard
  • Eventis - working in GSM standard
  • Unité - working in CDMA standard

See also

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

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