velcom and Privet are the trademarks of the second largest cell-phone operator in Belarus

Belarus

Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

, Mobile Digital Communications . Its headquarters are located in Minsk

Minsk

- Ecological situation :The ecological situation is monitored by Republican Center of Radioactive and Environmental Control .During 2003–2008 the overall weight of contaminants increased from 186,000 to 247,400 tons. The change of gas as industrial fuel to mazut for financial reasons has worsened...

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As of January 2009 velcom has more than 3.697 million subscribers in Belarus.

Its current (as of November, 2008) license portfolio covers territory where 96% of Belarusian population reside.

Velcom was founded in 1999 and initially operated GSM-900 network in Minsk area.

Velcom is 100% owned by mobilkom Austria

Mobilkom Austria

Mobilkom Austria is a major Austrian mobile network operator. It has been operating commercially since 1994 and in testing since 1992.One of the most well-known commercial brand is A1 in Austria.The Mobilkom Austria group also owns:...

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Velcom's main competitor is Mobile TeleSystems

Mobile TeleSystems

MTS is the largest mobile operator in Russia and CIS with over 102,4 million subscribers as of 31 December 2009.Having started in the Moscow license zone in 1994, МТS in 1997 received licenses for further areas and began expansion, later entering other countries of the CIS...

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External links

• Foreign private unitary service enterprise "MDC" (VELCOM) - Network Information
• 3G Trial for Velcom in Belarus
• Velcom registers as foreign company