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April 1st, 2009
LONDON - Vectone, the expanding European telecommunications group has announced it has made an offer for two subsidiaries of Nordisk Mobiltelefon, the Scandinavian telco group, which has recently gone into administration.
The addition of Mobiltelefon MNO’s in Ireland and Poland, if successful, will add to it’s existing networks across Austria, Denmark, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Norway.
Baskaran Allirajah, CEO said, “This offer underlines the continuing implementation of our strategy to offer a truly pan-European, mobile network. We are dedicated to delivering low cost national and international calling. Adding native coverage to our successful MVNO operations underlines our commitment to our customers in every country.”
As a tangible example of this commitment, Vectone has built a new multilingual customer service team at its UK headquarters to increase the service levels in each of its territories. Backed by its existing Chennai call centre, this ensures that support is available both in native and extended language options across each territory.
Jon Fisher, Chief Marketing Officer said, “We are delighted that we are able to increase first call resolution through having a call centre on site to support our European Operations. We believe that low cost should not mean low service levels and are investing in infrastructure to deliver on our vision of Total Service Quality.”
About Vectone
The Vectone group is a privately owned telecommunication group founded in 1999. The group is headquartered in Canary Wharf, London and employs 240 permanent members of staff.
With operations spanning Scandinavia, Netherland, UK, Austria and Switzerland; and soon to launch its service in Spain, Vectone has firmly established itself as key MVNO specialising in the international calling market. With years of international calling experience, Vectone is expanding its operational base in other countries; and continues to develop competitive products and services for its customers.
For more information Contact Jon Fisher - Chief Marketing Officer +44(0)207-1700-400 www.vectone.com
Source: Vectone group
For more information Contact: Jon Fisher - Chief Marketing Officer, +44(0)207-1700-400
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