BH Telecom

Type	Public (SASE: BHTSR)
Founded	1997
Headquarters	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Key people	Samir Čaušević (CEO)
Industry	Wireless Services; Telecommunication
Products	GSM, GPRS, MMS, EDGE
Revenue	612,463 million BAM (2007)[1]
Net income	149,953 million BAM (2007)[1]
Website	http://www.bhtelecom.ba

BH Telecom is the largest telecommunications company in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was established in 1997, and was the first company in Bosnia and Herzegovina to provide wireless telephony. It was a government-owned corporation whose sole proprietor was Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but since 2003, it is listed as a public company with most stock still owned by the government.^[2] Although stock owners have both governance as well as ownership rights, the effect of such controlled distribution of capital is that company is effectively still directed and managed by the government, but funds and small shareholders are enabled to earn money on dividends and stock trading.

As with its "sister" federal telecommunications company HT Mostar, the government is represented through one of its ethnic halves, with Bosniak officials governing the company and appointing management.

Its current CEO is Samir Čaušević. The company's headquarters is located in Džemala Bijedića Sreet in downtown Sarajevo.

Contents 1 Overview 2 Company Profile 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Overview

The main activity of BH Telecom Sarajevo includes provision of telecommunication services on the local, state and international levels, in the following fields:

• fixed telephony (BH Line)
• mobile telephony (BH Mobile)
• internet service (BIHNET)
• data transmission (BIHPAK)

[edit] Company Profile

The General Directorate of the company has been located in Sarajevo. The seven regional/cantonal BH Telecom Sarajevo directorates have been located on the territory of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, having their main offices in Sarajevo, Tuzla, Zenica, Mostar, Bihać, Travnik and Goražde. The company has also included the eighth big organizational unit - Telecom Inženjering, with its main office in Sarajevo.

On the day of December 31, 2003, the company had 3016 employees.

The company has been significantly characterized by: a low level of debt, a developed technological infrastructure in all networks and own human and professional potentials.

Users of services of either fixed or mobile network of BH Telecom Sarajevo have been enabled to have a high quality telephony in local, toll and international traffic.

At the end of 2003, BH Telecom Sarajevo had 454 installed switches (98 HOSTs and 356 Remote Units, with totally 648.527 installed connections), having 86,3% digitalization. Transmission system of the company had 100% digitalization.

IN node was put into operation in 2003, allowing provision of new services to users.

Extending its Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) system and increasing the number of base stations in 2003, BH Telecom Sarajevo provided its users with better coverage of the BiH territory with GSM signal, and with even better quality of services than before. (Totally 346 BSs installed).

BH Telecom Sarajevo enabled its BIHNET users to have access to Internet via public switched telephone network, leased lines and ADSL access. In 2003 the company began with a major introduction of broadband technology, so, accordingly, ADSL service was at disposal to users in FBIH.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• BH Telecom

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