Bulgaria
Bulgaria has 10.617 million subscribers in total, or a 141% penetration rate. (December 2009)
The Regulatory Authority for telecommunication in Bulgaria is the Communications Regulation Commission (CRC)
| Rank | Operator | Technology | Subscribers |
Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M-Tel | GSM-900/1800 (GPRS, EDGE) 2100 MHz UMTS, HSDPA, HSPA+ LTE (planned) |
4.9 (Oct 2010) | Mobiltel AD (Telekom Austria) |
| 2 | GLOBUL | GSM-900/1800 (GPRS, EDGE) 2100 MHz UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA |
4.3 (Dec 2011) | Cosmo Bulgaria Mobile (GLOBUL) |
| 3 | Vivacom |
GSM-900/1800 (GPRS, EDGE) 2100 MHz UMTS, HSDPA |
1.6 (Oct 2010) | Bulgarian Telecommunications Company AD |
| 4 | Max Telecom | WiMax | n/a | |
| 5 | Nexcom | WiMax | n/a | Nexcom Telecommunications LLC |
| Mobile Virtual Network Operators | ||||
| 6 | Loop (owned by M-Tel) |
GSM | Mobiltel EAD (Telekom Austria) | |
| 7 | Petrol Mobile (prepaid only, operating on M-Tel's network) |
GSM | Petrol AD | |
| 8 | Alo Da! (prepaid only,operating on M-Tel's network) |
GSM | Newspaper Group Bulgaria | |
| 9 | bob (owned by M-Tel) |
GSM | Mobiltel EAD (Telekom Austria) | |
| 10 | Frog Mobile (prepaid only, owned by GLOBUL) |
GSM | Cosmo Bulgaria Mobile(GLOBUL) | |
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