founded march 2008 headquarters tirana albania key people erkan tabak products prepaid and postpaid mobile phones owner albtelecom website www.eaglemobile.al eagle mobile is a mobile communication company that operates in albania . it was created in march 2008 as a subsidiary of albtelecom which had been privatized in october 2007 with a majority of shares sold by the albanian government to a consortium of two turkish companies calik holding and t rk telekom . calik possesses 80 % of the company and t rk telekom 20 % eagle mobile . contents 1 background 1.1 privatisation 2 services 3 market share 4 see also 5 references 6 external links background edit eagle mobile is a brand of albtelecom company based in albania . eagle mobile entered as the 3rd operator of mobile telephony in albania on 12 march 2008 . the operator was established on october 23 2003 from the albanian government as an integral part of albtelecom a fixed telephony operator in albania . the privatization started in 2005 and was finalized on september 28 2007 when one of the biggest companies in turkey . alik group purchased 76 % of the shares along with its partner turk telekom . the other part of shares 24 % belong to the albanian government . privatisation edit the agreement was signed from the minister of economy trade and energetic genc ruli and the president of alik holding ahmet alik in tirana . in march the prime ministers of albania and turkey sali berisha and recep tayyip erdogan greeted each other upon a symbolic alo which opened officially the communication of eagle mobile the company which carries the symbol of albania and albanians the eagle . eagle mobile put a new record by entering in the albanian market of telecommunication on march 12 2008 . in a very short period of 6 months eagle mobile covered the entire territory of the country by exceeding the limits of speed and predictions . on december 31 2008 the company attained coverage by 97 % of the population of the country and 90 7 % of the territory of the country by providing services in the whole albania . albtelecom and eagle invested 150 million euro until now providing job possibilities to around 1000 albanian professionals the majority of them women . with the network made by more than 377 base stations eagle has the best coverage with 92.5 percent of the territory and 98.5 percent of population . the eagle has more than 1 470 000 subscribers in albania . citation needed eagle mobile has 150 shops across albania . the ceo of eagle mobile is erkan tabak . services edit eagle mobile is the third operator in albania to provide 3g technology . in february 2012 a tender for the third 3g license in albania where the minimum acceptable price was 12.5 million failed after eagle mobile offered 3.55 million and plus offered 3.55 million . 1 another tender was held in october of the same year . this time it was for two 3g licenses and the starting bid was 4 million euros . eagle mobile offered 4.355 million euros while plus only 1 making eagle the only one to acquire the 3g license . the first 3g license was won by vodafone albania bidding 31 4 million euros and the second one by amc after a 15 1 million euros bid . 2 in the beginning of 2013 eagle mobile launched its first 3g network with coverage initially available in the region of tirana fush kruja and airport . 3 market share edit albania had in 2012 5.3 million subscribers 187 % penetration rate out of which there were 3.2 million active users 114 % penetration rate . an active user is the number of users that communicated in the last three months . 4 the regulatory authority for telecommunication in albania is the electronic and postal communications authority . rank operator technology subscribers in millions ownership 1 vodafone gsm 900 1800 umts hspa hspa 4g 4g 1.839 or 34.76 % 2012 vodafone 2 telekom gsm 900 1800 umts hspa hspa 4g 4g 1.736 or 32.82 % 2012 deutsche telecom 3 eagle mobile gsm 900 1800 umts hspa hspa 4g 1.304 or 24.66 % 2012 albtelecom 4 plus gsm 900 1800 0.410 or 7.76 % 2012 plus communication see also edit list of mobile network operators of europe vodafone telekom plus references edit third 3g tender ends in failure . telegeography . 3g license with two offers 4 million and 1 euro . albanian screen . eagle mobile launches 3g network in albania . cellualr news . 2012 yearly report in albanian pdf . electronic and postal communications authority . akep . retrieved 7 june 2013 . external links edit eagle mobile official website v t e mobile operators in albania current eagle mobile plus telekom albania vodafone defunct amc retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title eagle mobile & oldid 733814816 categories mobile phone companies of albaniahidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from february 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in 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