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Orbitel, Inc
Type	limited liability company
Founded	1997
Headquarters	Sofia, Bulgaria
Key people	Tamas Morvai, Director, Business Development and M&A, Magyar Telekom; Victor Francess, Nikolai Gorchilov, CEO, Orbitel
Industry	telecommunications
Products	Internet services, Virtual private networks, fixed telephony, carrier selection, web hosting, corporative e-mail
Revenue	€9.97 million (2006)
Employees	141 (December, 2006)
Website	http://www.orbitel.bg

Orbitel (Bulgarian: Орбител) is Bulgaria's largest alternative wireline telecommunications and Internet service provider with national licenses for voice and data. Through its national packet-switched network Orbitel provides convergent telecommunication solutions throughout Bulgaria.

Orbitel offers convergent communication solutions for telephony, high speed Internet and VPNs in more than 35 cities throughout the country. They provide full scope of value added services — web site hosting, domain registration, corporate e-mail and professional consultations.

Contents 1 Foreign Investors 1.1 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 1.2 Deutsche Telekom 2 Network 3 Innovations 4 Partners 5 External links

In 2001 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development chose Orbitel to make the first foreign investment in the Bulgarian IT sector. The company becomes one of the biggest Bulgarian Internet service providers.

Since February 2006 Orbitel is part of the Deutsche Telekom Group — the biggest European telecommunications company. Orbitel's shareholder is the leading Hungarian operator Magyar Telekom, a member of the German telecommunications group.

Orbitel's next generation network backbone is based on state-of-the-art MPLS technology and covers more than 35 cities, among which are all the district centres in Bulgaria and the European telecommunication centre London. The network is built on 100% digital transmission technologies — fibre and microwave lines. The high quality of Orbitel's services is guaranteed by connectivity to leading international operators such as Deutsche Telekom, OTE, France Telecom, Verizon and interconnections to the Bulgarian operators and ISPs.

Orbitel introduced the first next generation telecommunication platform in Southeastern Europe. Lead by its vision, the company introduced the softswitch based technology for convergent voice, data and video, proven by operators such as France Telecom, Telefonica, FastWeb and Tiscali.

Orbitel transforms progress into new communication opportunities. More than 50 achievements of the Bulgarian Internet and telecom industries belong to Orbitel. Among them are:

• January 1998: Internet access with guaranteed capacity (CIR)

• February 1998: 24-hour technical support centre

• January 1999: VoIP technology implementation

• May 1999: On-line audio and video Internet broadcast

• September 2000: Virtual Private Networks (VPN)

• November 2001: VoIP services for the Bulgarian market

• July 2003: Licensed competitor on the liberalized telecom market

• October 2003: Next generation telecommunication platform

• April 2004: The first Interconnect between a competitive fixed and a mobile telecom operator

• January 2005: The first Interconnect between a next generation telecom and the incumbent

• February 2005: The first service for free dial-up access

• March 2005: The first operational competitive fixed telecom operator

• April 2005: The first new generation telecom service

• April 2005: Launch of the business model of unlimited calls in the telecom sector

• June 2005: The first national carrier selection service for private users

• June 2005: Launch of the low-cost model in the telecom sector

• June 2006: Bulgarian phone lines redirected to an international phone number for Bulgarians living abroad.

Some of the largest companies in Bulgaria have entrusted their communications to Orbitel. Amongst them are Telenor Bulgaria, Kaufland, Deutsche bank, Raiffeisenbank Sofia, Hilton, Radisson, WAZ, Doverie-Briko, Eurofootball, Litex, International Asset Bank, Nexcom Bulgaria, Lukoil, Commercial League, Hit Hypermarket, etc

• Official website (Bulgarian)
• Official website (English)
• Deutsche Telecom Group