Editing Telecommunications in Slovakia (section)

===Mobile cellular===
Mobile communication in Slovakia first became available in the early 1990s when the first [[Nordic Mobile Telephone|NMT network]] operator, EuroTel Bratislava, a.s., a subsidiary of the then state owned Slovenské Telekomunikácie a.s. [[Eurotel|EuroTel]], introduced the first [[GSM]] service to public in 1997. EuroTel was privatised together with its parent company and was rebranded as T-Mobile on 3 May 2005. It is now fully integrated as part of the international [[T-Mobile International AG|T-Mobile]] brand. The second GSM network operator started its operation on 15 January 1997 under the name GlobTel a.s. It was acquired by France Télécom (through Atlas Services Belgium, 100% shares) and rebranded to [[Orange Slovensko]] on 27 March 2002. [[Telefónica Europe]], the third mobile operator in Slovakia, entered the market in February 2007 under the [[Telefónica Slovakia|O2]] brand.

Virtual providers are active in the Slovak market, the most notable being Tesco Mobile (associated with Tesco Stores) and FunFón (a virtual operator associated with a popular FM radio station).

'''Key figures of the mobile cellular sector'''

* Active mobile cellular: 6.0 million subscribers, 99th in the world (2011).<ref name=CIA-WFB-Slovakia-2013/><ref group="note">Active mobile subscribers includes industrial applications such as [[Alarm device|Alarm system]]s that use a [[Subscriber identity module|SIM card]] for GSM based communication.</ref>
* Density: 105.12 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (2010).<ref name="stats1"/>
* Land coverage of land ([[GSM]]): 95.9% of the land area (2010).<ref name="stats1"/>
* Population coverage ([[GSM]]): 99.6% of the population (2010).<ref name="stats1"/>