telecommunications predecessor gibraltar nynex communications gibtel founded gibraltar 2001 headquarters 15 21 john mackintosh square gibraltar area served gibraltar key people joseph garcia chairman tim bristow ceo products gibwireline gibtel gibconnect services fixed line and mobile telephony broadband and fixed line internet services revenue gip 30 million owner government of gibraltar 50 % telekom slovenije 50 % number of employees 141 1 website gibtele.com gibtelecom is the largest telecommunications provider in the british overseas territory of gibraltar . 2 its headquarters is located on john mackintosh square . 3 contents 1 history 2 board 3 services 4 international connectivity 5 sponsorship 6 see also 7 references 8 external links history edit the first telephones were introduced to gibraltar in 1886 by a private company which was later taken over by the colonial authorities . since 1926 the telephone service was operated by the city council . 4 upon the approval of the 1969 constitution and the dissolution of the city council the telephone service was transferred to the newly formed government of gibraltar . until 1990 all telephone services were operated by the gibraltar government telephone department . international circuits were provided by cable & wireless which had been originally founded as the falmouth malta gibraltar telegraph company in 1869 . this later operated as the eastern telegraph company from mount pleasant in gibraltar . however cable & wireless left gibraltar in 1987 . 5 on 1 january 1988 british telecom bt and the government of gibraltar formed a joint venture company called gibraltar telecommunications international ltd known by its commercial brand gibtel to operate gibraltar s international telecommunications services . 6 gibtel was subsequently granted a licence to offer mobile telephony introducing a gsm900 network . in 1990 the government decided to privatise its telephone department and therefore entered into a joint venture with nynex of the united states . gibraltar nynex communications ltd gnc became responsible for fixed line telephony . gnc was the first acquisition of nynex outside the americas . 7 in 1997 gnc through its wholly owned subsidiary gnc networks commenced internet services . gnc networks was later renamed gibconnect . adsl services were introduced in 2002 . in 2001 bt sold its 50 % stake in gibtel to gnc . both companies subsequently merged to form gibtelecom a joint venture between the government of gibraltar and nynex s successor company verizon . the name gibtelecom begun to be used in july 2002 and as of 1 october 2003 this name was formally adopted by the company which up until then was still gibraltar nynex communications . 8 in april 2007 verizon sold its shares to telekom slovenije 1 which is the incumbent part state owned telecommunications operator in slovenia and is quoted on the ljubljana stock exchange . 1 telekom slovenije paid 36.7 m for verizon s 50 per cent stake in gibtelecom . 9 in 2009 the government of gibraltar announced it may sell its stake in gibtelecom . 9 however as at october 2010 no decision has been made . board edit gibtelecom s board of directors is made up of six directors whereas the owners the government of gibraltar and telekom slovenije nominate three each . the current chairman is joseph garcia minister for enterprise development & technology and deputy chief minister of gibraltar which succeeded joe holliday in december 2011 . holliday was appointed to this post as minister for telecommunications in 2007 . 10 however in october 2010 the government of gibraltar announced that eu communications directives had to be enforced so that a same minister can not exercise powers under the directives and also be involved in ownership and control functions of a telecommunications company in gibraltar . therefore competences over telecommunications were transferred to the minister of housing retaining holliday as chairman of gibtelecom . 11 tim bristow is the ceo a post he holds since the company s foundation in 2001 . at that time he was the financial secretary of gibraltar a post he held for several years . 7 services edit gibtelecom is authorised to provide fixed line internet mobile satellite and other radio communication services under gibraltar s communications act 2006 . this authorisation supplements the licences issued by the government of gibraltar on 1 august 2003 for a 15 year period which in turn replaced the previous licences issued to gnc in may 1990 and gibtel in january 1988 . 8 gibtelecom is structured around three brands gibwireline gibtel and gibconnect . gibwireline is the brand under which fixed line telephony services are provided . gibtelecom numbers are eight digits long including a 200 prefix since december 2007 . 12 gibtel is the mobile phone services brand gsm network identifier gibtel . gibtelecom offers gsm 3g and lte services 13 and has kept the old brand from gibraltar telecommunications international . gibconnect offers internet connectivity providing solutions ranging from dial up and adsl accesses to corporate internet links . 1 gibtelecom has kept gnc s old brand . the gibraltar regulatory authority gra has designated gibtelecom as having significant market power smp and therefore it has imposed certain obligations on gibtelecom with price controls being one of them . 8 gibtelecom has also been obliged to unbundle the local loop although none of the other gibraltar based telecom providers have asked to use it . 8 international connectivity edit telef nica of spain cable & wireless and interoute of the united kingdom provide international connectivity to gibtelecom . 14 gibtelecom is also a partner in the europe india gateway cable system which has a landing point in gibraltar . 15 sponsorship edit gibtelecom is the official sponsor of the gibtelecom international chess festival annually held in gibraltar since 2003 . 16 see also edit communications in gibraltar references edit a b c d gibtelecom company profile competition hots up to bring still better deals and more telecommunications services pdf . gibraltar international finance and business . winter 2008 09 . gibtele.com contact information stephen constantine 2009 . community and identity . the making of modern gibraltar since 1704 . manchester university press . p. 337 . isbn 978 0 7190 8054 8 . gibtelecom acaba de lanzar el roaming de prepago con vodafone eda press in spanish bt archives 1988 a b interview with mr. tim bristow 2005 a b c d abridged annual report for the year ended 31 december 2008 a b gibtelecom sale in prospect but experience does not bode well pdf . gibraltar international finance and business . winter 2008 09 . press release composition and portfolio of the government of gibraltar january 2007 . vinet becomes new minister for telecoms gibraltar chronicle 29 october 2010 gibtelecom fixed line numbering change . gibtelecom infonews march 2008 giblaltar mobile services in the web of the gsm association interoute and gibtelecom bring new telecommunications choice to gibraltar january 14 2010 . du invests in 700m europe india gateway undersea cable system press release . du . 2008 05 08 . retrieved 2010 05 01 . previous winners of the gibraltar chess congress external links edit gibtelecom s official website v t e gibraltar topics history neanderthals of gibraltar timeline sieges pillars of hercules first siege of gibraltar battle of gibraltar capture of gibraltar george rooke treaty of utrecht thirteenth siege of gibraltar great siege george augustus eliott gibraltar real currency world war ii nationality genoese in gibraltar maltese in gibraltar explosion of the rfa bedenham operation flavius death on the rock aurora incident new flame incident fedra incident geography general climate geology azores gibraltar transform fault gibraltar arc environment birds mammals barbary macaques reptiles and amphibians candytuft iberis gibraltarica botanic gardens 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