ALBtelecom
Sign in to saveAlso known as ALBtelecom SH, Albanian Telecom, Telekomi Shqiptar
ALBtelecom sh.a. (a shortening of Albanian Telecom, ) was an Albanian telecommunications company. It was established as Albania's state company that provided telecommunications services through a fixed network. It was privatized on 1 October 2007 (following a privatization process which started in 2000), with 76% of its shares sold by the Albanian government to a consortium of two Turkish companies, Çalık Holding and Türk Telekom, with Calik taking 80% of the consortium's stake.
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- 2237
- Official website
- www.albtelecom.al/en
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- inception
- 1992-01-01
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ALBtelecom sh.a. (a shortening of Albanian Telecom, ) was an Albanian telecommunications company. It was established as Albania's state company that provided telecommunications services through a fixed network. It was privatized on 1 October 2007 (following a privatization process which started in 2000), with 76% of its shares sold by the Albanian government to a consortium of two Turkish companies, Çalık Holding and Türk Telekom, with Calik taking 80% of the consortium's stake.
==History== On 5 December 1912 the Provisional Government led by Ismail Qemali established the Ministry of Post Telegraph Telephones, where ALBtelecom existed only as a government office.