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History of the Group
- 1991Registration of SM-Media Sp. z o.o. by virtue of licence no BI-II-EZ/3575/91 issued by the President of Foreign Investment Agency.
- 1995Receipt of licence no 183/95 for telecommunications operations issued by the Minister of Communications.
- 1997Issue of licence no 241/97/I for telecommunications operations issued by the Minister of Communications.
- 1999Initiation of a number of operations aiming at the transformation of the company into a telecommunications operator, mainly via the extension of the company’s own infrastructure with a huge switching centre of HOST type and connections to other domestic and foreign telecommunications operators.
- 2000Transformation of the limited liability company into a joint stock company.
- 2002Obtaining the Telecommunications License granted by the President of the Office of Telecommunications and Post Regulation (URTiP) authorizing the Company to operate the stationary public telephone network all over the country and to render the services of a public telecommunications operator, including the use of 1031 prefix.Allocation for the benefit of the Company of its own number range, which range was allocated by the Office of Telecommunications and Post Regulation (URTiP) in accordance with the domestic number range plan.
- 2004Securities and Exchange Commission (presently Financial Supervision Authority) admits the shares of SM-MEDIA S.A. (presently Mediatel) to public trading.
- 2005Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of the Company resolves to change the business name of SM_MEDIA S.A. into Mediatel S.A.
- 2007Significant changes in the Management and Supervisory Board mark the beginning of the Company reorganization aimed at the creation of a Capital Group.
- January 2008The implementation of the newly adopted strategy focusing on the growth via mergers or acquisitions, followed by the integration and restructuring of the acquired assets aimed at the optimal effects of the synergy and reaching the status of a leader in the wholesale of telecommunications services all over Poland.
- February 2008Acquisition of 100% shares in the share capital of eTel Polska Sp. z o.o. from Telekom Austria Beteiligungen GmbH.more >>
- On 18 February 2008, under the share sale agreement of 20 December 2007 concluded with Telekom Austria Beteiligungen GmbH, Mediatel S.A. acquired 100% of share capital in eTel Polska Sp. z o.o.eTel Polska Sp. z o.o. was a telecommunications operator (owned by eTel Group seated in Dublin, Ireland) rendering services for institutional clients and offering comprehensive telecommunications solutions for corporate clients, among others high quality voice services together with value added services, data transmission and the internet services.On 3 September 2008 change of the name of the acquired company into Mediatel 4B Sp. z o.o was registered.
- March 2008Acquisition of selected assets connected with operating the termination of the international telecommunications traffic from Premium Internet S.A. (one of the Polish leading telecommunications operator operating on the international telecommunications market).more >>
- On 19 March 2008 Mediatel S.A. acquired selected business assets connected with operating the termination of the international telecommunications traffic from Premium Internet S.A. By acquiring the selected business assets from Premium Internet S.A., Mediatel gained access to an international telecommunications network based on among others over 100 contact points with networks of other telecommunications operators and two international nodes (POP - Point of Presence) located outside the territory of Poland: in Frankfurt-upon-Main in collocation with Ancotel and in New York in collocation with Telix, at 60 Hudson Str.Assets, acquired in the said transaction, have allowed Mediatel S.A. to reach a leading position in Poland in the field of the wholesale of telecommunications services.
- June 2008Acquisition of Elterix Group via a merger with a dominant company – Elterix Holding Sp. z o.o.more >>
- On 20 June 2008 Mediatel S.A. merged with Elterix Holding Sp. z o.o. The merger was effected with the observance of the terms and conditions set in the Merger Plan signed by the Management Boards of Mediatel S.A and Elterix Holding on 31 March 2008. Following the merger, Elterix Holding Sp. z o.o ceased to exist and its subsidiary Elterix S.A. as well as the subsidiaries of Elterix S.A., namely Concept-T Sp. z o.o. and MK Management Sp. z o.o., became the companies forming Mediatel S.A. Capital Group.The merger with Elterix Holding Sp. z o.o. significantly strengthened the position of Mediatel S.A. Capital Group with respect to services rendered to corporate clients, contributed to the acquisition of new, core competences to gain access to individual clients and in future will certainly bring about the synergy effect of the merged businesses, i.e. reduced costs of the operations and the increased turnover and profitability.
- August 2008End of the verification process of the portfolio of brand name products of Mediatel Group.
- September 2008Change of the corporate image of Mediatel Group.
- November 2008Nomination of the Company to the award granted by the editor of Puls Biznesu in 'Company of the quarter' category 2008.
- May 2009Acquisition of 100% shares of Velvet Telecom from Indiana Orchard Capital LLC.
- May 2010Modification of Mediatel Capital Group strategy, envisaging focus on the expansion of wholesale operations with regard to international telephone connections and assuming the extension of the infrastructure platform necessary for offering solutions to business entities interested in the provision of services on the telecommunications market and having no own infrastructure.
- July 2010Disposal of 100% of shares in Mediatel 4B Sp. z o.o., a subsidiary
