Private company

Eurotel

Czech company based in Prague1

Eurotel was the trade name of the first mobile phone network in Czechoslovakia. Given the possibility of a forthcoming of split of Czechoslovakia into two separate countries, Eurotel was formed as two separate legal entities: Eurotel Praha and Eurotel Bratislava. Both Eurotel companies were founded in 1990 as joint ventures between SPT Telecom (51%) and the American joint venture company, Atlantic West, B.V. (49% split evenly between US WEST International, Inc. and Bell Atlantic International Inc.).2 It employed 770 people in 1996.1 It ceased to exist in 2006.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1991Founded1
  • Industrytelecommunications industry1
  • HeadquartersPrague1
  • Legal formspolečnost s ručením omezeným1

Eurotel was the trade name of the first mobile phone network in Czechoslovakia. Given the possibility of a forthcoming of split of Czechoslovakia into two separate countries, Eurotel was formed as two separate legal entities: Eurotel Praha and Eurotel Bratislava.2

Products and brands

  • mobile phone

Listed on Wikidata.1

Employees over time

  • 19967701

Timeline

  1. Jul 1, 2006Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1991Founded Founded1

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