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| Industry | Mobile network operator, Internet services operator |
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| Founded | 1991 |
| Founder(s) | Juozas P. Kazickas and Viktoras Gediminas Gruodis |
| Headquarters | Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Area served | Lithuania |
| Revenue | 640 000 000 LTL (c. 263,000,000 USD) [1] |
| Owner(s) | TeliaSonera AB - 100% |
| Divisions | none |
| Website | http://www.omnitel.lt |
Omnitel is one of the largest telecommunication companies in the Baltics, member of TeliaSonera group. It provides services of carrying and packaging of voice, images, data, information, transactions and entertainment.
Omnitel has over 1 million customers and more than one third of the mobile revenue market in Lithuania. [2] It was the first network operator in Lithuania to launch GSM services (in 1995) and one of the first companies in Europe having introduced packet data transfer technology GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) in its network. Omnitel, the first in Lithuania to start the commercial 3G services in 2006, which was followed by the highest speed mobile internet HSDPA.
Juozas Kazickas also founded the first private capital communication company in Lithuania Litcom (now called Omnitel).
Omnitel is currently managed by President/CEO Antanas Juozas Zabulis.
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