Slovenia
Tell something beautiful. Si.mobil
In February 2001, mobilkom austria acquired majority ownership of the company, which began operating in March 1999 as Slovenia's first private mobile service provider. Since May 2006, mobilkom austria has held a 100 percent interest in Si.mobil.In Slovenia mobile penetration at year-end 2007 was 92.2%, an increase of 6.8 percentage points compared to 2006.
Besides Si.mobil, the Slovenian mobile communications market has two other mobile communications providers and two service providers. Since the end of 2007 an additional network operator has held a UMTS license.
With a market share of 26.9%, Si.mobil is the second largest mobile communications provider in the country and was able to expand its market share by 2% in 2007. The strong growth in Si.mobil's customer base saw almost 500,000 customers at year-end 2007, which was a rise of 18.2% compared to the previous year.
Si.mobile's revenues rose by 29.8% to EUR 170.3 million. This can primarily be attributed to an increase in the contract customer base and higher usage.
