Iskon Internet was an ICT company with headquarters in Zagreb , Croatia . Other than being an Internet provider , Iskon provides fixed line telephone and IPTV access, thus offering full triple play service.
18-498: In 2006 Iskon was bought by T-HT and became part of Deutsche Telekom group, but retained its own company structure and brand image. On January 1, 2024, Iskon Internet d.d. was officially merged with Hrvatski Telekom , and a separate brand name "Iskon" remains. Iskon was founded in Čakovec in 1997 in home of Damir Sabol . Around the end of 1999, American company Adriatic Net Investors invested considerable funds in Iskon, changing
36-826: A 39.1% stake in JP HT d.d. Mostar, known as HT Eronet , from the Government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina as part of the national telecom company's privatization process. In May 2006, HT acquired Iskon Internet , a major telecom provider in Croatia. By October 5, 2007, the Croatian government sold 32.5% of HT's shares through an IPO , reducing its stake to 3.5% by June 2008, with private and institutional investors then holding 38.5%. Hrvatski Telekom absorbed its subsidiary, T-Mobile, on January 1, 2010, creating
54-634: A 53.5% stake and is publicly traded on the Zagreb Stock Exchange . The company was founded on 28 December 1998 after the separation of the Croatian Post and Telecommunications into two entities: Hrvatska pošta (Croatian Post) and Hrvatski Telekom (Croatian Telecom), which started their business operations on 1 January 1999. Government of Croatia initiated the privatization of the state-owned telecommunications company, Hrvatski Telekom, in 1998. By October 1999, Deutsche Telekom ,
72-956: A 76.53% stake in Crnogorski Telekom , the largest telecommunications company in Montenegro, from Magyar Telekom for €123.5 million in January 2017. Magyar Telekom, like HT, has Deutsche Telekom as a majority stakeholder. Hrvatski Telekom transferred its interests and shares in various subsidiaries, including Iskon Internet and OT-Optima Telekom, to HT holding on March 1, 2018. HT sold its electricity business to RWE Hrvatska in September 2018 and acquired digital terrestrial television provider HP Produkcija in November 2018, renaming it HT Produkcija in April 2019. HT sold its share in
90-472: A German company, purchased a 35% stake in Hrvatski Telekom for $ 850 million and acquired an additional 16% stake in 2001, becoming the majority shareholder with 51%. In 2001, Hrvatski Telekom acquired Cronet, which was the second mobile operator in Croatia and the first to offer GSM network services in the country in 1996. Hrvatski Telekom established HT-mobilne komunikacije d.o.o. in 2002 as
108-601: A separate entity dedicated to mobile services. The company rebranded as T-HT on October 1, 2004, becoming part of the global T-family of Deutsche Telekom. This included new trademarks for two business units: T-Com for fixed network operations and T-Mobile for mobile operations. The Croatian government transferred 7% of its shares in HT to the Fund for Croatian Homeland War Veterans and Their Families on February 17, 2005. Later that year, on October 14, 2005, Hrvatski Telekom acquired
126-860: A single unified company. The T-Com and T-Mobile brands were discontinued, although they remained active for business customers until 2013. HT acquired the IT services company Combis on May 17, 2010. The Croatian government transferred 3.5% of its shares to the Pensioners’ Fund in December 2010, which transferred them to the Restructuring and Sale Center (CERP) in December 2013. CERP reduced its holding to 2.9% in December 2015. In June 2014, HT acquired OT-Optima Telekom and subsequently held 19.1% of Optima's share capital. The Croatian competition agency extended HT's management of Optima until 2021. HT acquired
144-495: Is a sponsor and official Internet provider of Croatian Football Federation . It also sponsors Croatian table tennis club Mladost Iskon, ATP Zagreb Indoors and Zagreb Open tennis tournaments, and Motovun Film Festival . Hrvatski Telekom Hrvatski Telekom , also known as HT or Telekom , is a Croatian telecommunications company founded in 1998. Headquartered in Zagreb , it is majority-owned by Deutsche Telekom with
162-584: Is also available in the rest of Croatia via T-com's infrastructure ( bitstream ). Other than being a broadband Internet provider, Iskon also offers IPTV and fixed-line telephony, both for private and business clients (with special emphasis towards SME ). In 2011, Iskon was the first company in Croatia to offer its customers a service to watch live TV on their mobile devices. In collaboration with CARNET ( Croatian Academic and Research Network ), Iskon offers discounted prices for its services to all Croatian pupils, students and faculty members. Since 2001. Iskon
180-646: The travel agency E-tours to Uniline in November 2019. In January 2020, HT started selling its shares in Optima. By July 2021, HT and Zagrebačka banka agreed to sell their 54.31% stake in Optima to Telemach Hrvatska, finalizing the transfer in January 2022. HT merged Kabelsko distributivni sustav (KDS) into HT, completed in December 2021. HT Produkcija was merged into HT in June 2022. HT holding transferred its shares in Iskon Internet to HT in June 2023, and
198-584: The Croatian War Veterans' Fund with 7% and the Croatian government's Restructuring and Sale Center with 2.7%. The remaining 36.8% of shares are held by private investors. HT Eronet JP Hrvatske telekomunikacije d.d. Mostar , doing business as HT Eronet , is a telecommunications company in Bosnia and Herzegovina . The company was created on after separating Hrvatska pošta Mostar (HP Mostar) and Hrvatske telekomunikacije (HT). HT Mostar
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#1732790715069216-526: The Iskon brand. Additionally, HT offers to companies IT services through its subsidiary, Combis. Hrvatski Telekom were listed on the Zagreb Stock Exchange in October 2007, with global depositary receipts trading on the London Stock Exchange until 2014. As of 2024, the company's majority shareholder is Deutsche Telekom AG , holding a 53.5% stake. Other significant shareholders include
234-512: The merger of Iskon into HT was completed in January 2024. The network unit from Ericsson Nikola Tesla Servisi joined HT Servisi, a subsidiary of HT, on January 1, 2024. HT offers fixed telephony , broadband internet , and mobile telephony services. The company also provides television services under the MaxTV ( IPTV and satellite ) and EvoTV (pay digital terrestrial television) brands, as well as internet, television, and mobile services under
252-464: The ownership structure of the company and moving its headquarters to Zagreb. In 2000, Iskon was additionally consolidated through foreign investment from Dresdener Kleinwort Benson Private Equity . In 2001, Iskon acquired Klik Multimedia company and launched its own web portal , which soon became the most visited portal in Croatian webspace. In May 2006, Iskon was bought by T-HT (which itself is part of Deutsche Telekom). Iskon's web portal (renamed net.hr)
270-439: The public revelation of high salaries and financial support to political parties. In 2010, a U.S. cable defined Eronet and HT Mostar as HDZ BiH 's "traditional cash cow", noting how "As Federation Minister of Finance in 1999, Čović helped arrange the transfer of Eronet to three private companies owned by HDZ BiH interests. Stipe Prlić, as HT Mostar's General Manager, challenged the privatization in court and won, arguing that
288-580: The shares of the Company were listed on the Sarajevo Stock Exchange . The three main TLC operators in Bosnia and Herzegovina have strong links to political parties. In 2003, an OHR -mandated audit revealed that BH Telecom, RS Telekom and HT Mostar suffered substantial misure of funds, corruption and mismanagement, with a total loss of USD 57 million in 2002. Pressure for reform was raised by
306-460: Was founded on 1 January 2003. Based on Company reorganization on 24 November 2006, HT Mobilne d.o.o. merged with HT Mostar thus becoming an integral part of the public company HT d.o.o. Mostar. On 1 April 2009, the Assembly of the Company passed a decision on the re-registration of the Company from a limited liability company to a joint stock company. The re-registration was made on 8 June 2009, and
324-542: Was singled out as an independent company before the purchase and thus avoided the takeover. The acquisition proved successful, since Iskon continued to function independently as a company providing broadband services under its own brand, transforming from a small family business into a company with more than 160 full-time employees. Iskon brand is available though its own ULL infrastructure in following Croatian cities: Zagreb , Split , Dubrovnik , Rijeka , Pula , Osijek , Velika Gorica , Samobor , Opatija and Solin . It
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