GLOBUL
Type	limited liability company
Founded	2001
Headquarters	Sofia, Bulgaria
Key people	Thanassis Katsiroubas, CEO
Industry	mobile telecommunications
Products	mobile telephony
Revenue	€342.3 million (2006) [1]
Net income	€32.4 million (2006)
Employees	1000 (December, 2006)
Website	www.globul.bg

GloBul's former logo

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Globul customers may send SMS messages to other Globul customers from the internet.

As of end- 2006, GLOBUL has 3.27 million subscribers, nearly two-thirds of them pre-paid users.

The company is among the biggest green field investment in Bulgaria with over BGN 1.1 billion (€550 million) invested by end-2006 in the development of GLOBUL’s network and services. GLOBUL's network covers 99,8% of Bulgaria’s population and 97,2% of the country’s territory. The company has roaming agreements with 315 operators in 143 countries and territories worldwide.

In 2005, GLOBUL received a license for developing and implementing 3G UMTS Standard mobile telecommunications system as well as fixed telephony license. The mobile operator was the first operator in Bulgaria to propose an integrated solution for fixed and mobile telephony, the so called mobile virtual private network (mVPN) as well as Globul 2in1, the first SIM card with two mobile numbers. GLOBUL changed their logo in June 2006 to unify it with the COSMOTE logo. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) is one of the third-generation (3G) mobile phone technologies. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... A normal SIM card with its mini SIM card removed and two mini SIM cards A mini SIM card next to its electrical contacts in a Nokia 6233. ...

In 2006, GLOBUL launched i-mode in Bulgaria. GLOBUL is the first European operator to develop the platform infrastructure and launch i-mode in the record time of less than six months, while being one of the few to offer the service upon launch to all its customers, both contract and prepaid. For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... NTT DoCoMos i-mode is a wireless Internet service popular in Japan and is increasing in popularity in other parts of the world, such as the Israel (Cellcom being the main company to sell i-mode phones and service there). ... NTT DoCoMos i-mode is a wireless Internet service popular in Japan and is increasing in popularity in other parts of the world, such as the Israel (Cellcom being the main company to sell i-mode phones and service there). ...

GLOBUL launched HSDPA on September 25, 2006, and the company said its 3G network is to cover the capital city Sofia, seven other large cities in the country and most of the country's Black Sea and skiing resorts by the end of April 2007. High-Speed Downlink Packet Access or HSDPA is a mobile telephony protocol. ...

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External links

• Official website (in Bulgarian)
• Official website (in English)