OTE (Hellenic Telecommunication Organization)
Type	public utility
Founded	1949
Headquarters	Athens, Greece
Area served	Greece, South East Europe.
Key people	Panayis Vourloumis (CEO)
Industry	Telecoms
Products	Telephony
Revenue	€5.891 billion[1]
Operating income	€2.167 billion[2]
Employees	11,720 [3]
Website	http://www.ote.gr/

OTE (NYSE: OTE) is the national telecommunications provider of Greece.
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Aerial view of OTE Headquarters

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OTE was created in 1949 to bring several related public and private enterprises under one telecommunications umbrella. Prior to this, telephony, telegraphy, local and international connections were fragmented and ill coordinated.

Up to 1998, the telecommunications market in Greece was a monopoly. The market was opened to competitors and OTE was gradually privatized. As a result, the Greek government currently holds under 50% of the company's stock. Along with the rest of the telecoms market, OTE is regulated by the National Telecommunications and Post Commission (Εθνική Επιτροπή Τηλεπικοινωνιών και Ταχυδρομείων - EETT).

The company covers the whole country with digital PSTN and ISDN telephone lines and also offers (low-bandwidth) ADSL in all urban areas. OTE is a group of companies owning, besides the OTE fixed-line company, an ISP (Otenet), a mobile phone company (Cosmote) and many other companies including OTE International Investments which in its turn owns lots of telcos in Southeastern Europe (Bulgaria, the F.Y.R.O.M., Romania, Serbia, etc.). On November 3, 2006 OTE sold its 90% stake in the Armenian telecom provider ArmenTel to a Russian company OJSC Vimpel-Communications.^{[citation needed]} OTE also runs a TETRA network. The public switched telephone network (PSTN) is the concatenation of the worlds public circuit-switched telephone networks, in much the same way that the Internet is the concatenation of the worlds public IP-based packet-switched networks. ... ISDN redirects here. ... For other uses, see Telephone (disambiguation). ... Ass Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) is a form of DSL, a data communications technology that enables faster data transmission over copper telephone lines than a conventional voiceband modem can provide. ... “ISP” redirects here. ... OTEnet is a major internet service provider of Greece. ... Cosmote is the largest mobile operator in Greece and owns and operates a high capacity 3G and HSDPA network covering 99. ... The Balkans is the historic and geographic name used to describe southeastern Europe (see the Definitions and boundaries section below). ... For an explanation of terms related to Macedonia, see Macedonia (terminology). ... Not to be confused with Republika Srpska. ... is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Armenia Telephone Company, briefly ArmenTel, is the largest telecommunications enterprises of Armenia. ... Bee Line GSM ( Russian:Би Лайн GSM) is a trademark of the second largest cell-phone operator in Russian Federation. ... Genera More than 150[1] Look up tetra in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Other

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References

1. ^ 2006 Annual Report (PDF). OTE.gr (2007). Retrieved on 2007-07-26.
2. ^ 2006 Annual Report (PDF). OTE.gr (2007). Retrieved on 2007-07-26.
3. ^ OTE Factsheet (PDF). OTE.gr (July 2007). Retrieved on 2007-07-26.

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External links

• OTE Website
• OTE Shop