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Orange Moldova

Type	Joint stock company
Founded	Chisinau, Moldova (1998)
Founder(s)	Luc Solente
Headquarters	Chisinau, Moldova
Area served	Moldova and worldwide
Key people	Ludmila Climoc - director
Industry	Telecommunications
Services	Mobile phone services Internet carrier
Revenue	▲
Operating income	▼
Net income	▼
Employees	around 700 (2008)
Website	orange.md

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 on April 25, 2007. Since rebranding, the company has brought an array of innovations, including Live Mobile TV, and the fastest 3G internet services in Moldova, with speeds of up to 14,4 Mbps already covering over 40% of the population. In September 2009, Orange Moldova was the first operator in the world to launch high-definition voice services (HD voice) for mobile phones.

Contents 1 General information 2 History 2.1 Network start 2.2 Competitors 2.3 Rebranding 3 Ownership 4 Statistics 5 Tariff plans 5.1 Orange Abonament 5.2 Orange PrePay 5.3 Orange Business 6 Services 7 Competitors 8 See also 9 External links

[edit] General information

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

Numbering resources:

Orange network codes are:

 0680xxxxx 0681xxxxx 0682xxxxx 0683xxxxx 0684xxxxx 0685xxxxx 0686xxxxx 0687xxxxx 0688xxxxx 0689xxxxx 0690xxxxx 0691xxxxx 0692xxxxx 0693xxxxx 0694xxxxx  0695xxxxx  0696xxxxx  0697xxxxx 0698xxxxx 0699xxxxx 0600xxxxx 

Internationally they have the form:

 +373680xxxxx +373681xxxxx +373682xxxxx +373683xxxxx +373684xxxxx +373685xxxxx +373686xxxxx +373687xxxxx +373688xxxxx +373689xxxxx +373690xxxxx +373691xxxxx +373692xxxxx +373693xxxxx +373694xxxxx  +373695xxxxx  +373696xxxxx  +373697xxxxx +373698xxxxx +373699xxxxx +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.

[edit] History

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Rebranding

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

[edit] Ownership

A 94.3% share of Orange Moldova belongs to France Télécom (4% being controlled by the Romanian subsidiary Orange România).

[edit] Statistics

on February 12, 2008:

• 1,270 million subscribers
• 98% of Moldova territory covered with GSM/GPRS/EDGE signal
• roaming for Orange Abonament in 93 countries in 231 mobile networks and for Orange PrePay in 27 countries in 42 mobile networks
• GPRS-roaming for Orange Abonament in 27 countries in 40 mobile networks

[edit] Tariff plans

[edit] Orange Abonament

Seven tariff plans with monthly fee.

[edit] Orange PrePay

Without monthly fee.

[edit] Orange Business

For corporate clients.

[edit] Services

• Voice mail
• Who called
• SMS
• GPRS

[edit] Competitors

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

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• Official Site
• Orange Voicemail Reviews

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